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    • GPS: Guiding Principles and Strategies - Wildlife Division's Strategic Plan The DNR Wildlife Division is excited to announce that The GPS: Guiding Principles and Strategies, its new strategic plan, has been approved. The GPS will guide the management of Michigan's wildlife resources over the next five years. Click on the link above to see a PDF version of The GPS.

    • Frequently Asked Questions About the Wildlife Division Strategic Plan

    • DNR Wildlife Division Annual Report - Fiscal Year 2012 PDF icon

    • DNR Wildlife Division Annual Report - Fiscal Year 2011 PDF icon

    • Wolf Management Plan PDF icon Wolf in snow photo The Wolf Management Plan was approved on July 10, 2008, after a comment period in 2007, and as the result of recommendations from the Michigan Wolf Management Roundtable. The goals of the plan are to: 1) maintain a viable wolf population; 2) facilitate wolf-related benefits; 3) minimize wolf-related conflicts; and 4) conduct science-based management with socially acceptable methods. Click here for more information on Michigan's wolves.

    • Moose in Michigan A new page with information about Michigan moose - history, biology, habitat, research - and the Moose Hunting Advisory Council.

    • 2011 Wildlife, Fish and Forest Management Habitat Accomplishments PDF icon

    • 2012 Wildlife Division Habitat Accomplishments PDF icon

    • Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) in White-Tailed Deer Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) is an acute, infectious, often fatal viral disease contracted by wild ruminants but most commonly affecting white-tailed deer.

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