Get all your fishing information here, including rules and regulations, license info, the weekly fishing report and much more. Use the link above to visit the fishing home page, or go directly to your area of interest below:
Get all your hunting information here, including hunting season dates, rules and regulations, and much more. Use the button above to visit the hunting home page, or go directly to your area of interest below:
Information on DNR shooting and archery ranges, rules and regulations, resources to get started and more. Use the button above to visit the target shooing and archery home page, or go directly to one of the pages below:
Find snowmobile trail permit info, maps, rules and regulations and more. USE THE BUTTON ABOVE TO VISIT THE SNOWMOBILE HOMEPAGE or go directly to you area of interest below:
Want to find tasty morel mushrooms in the forest? Click the box above for tips and tricks to fill your basket.
Find cross-country ski, ice fishing , snowmobiling info and much more.
Find facility info, overnight info, an event calendar and much more.
Find a great trail experience near you - whether you want to hike, bike, snowmobile or ride an ORV. From long, paved linear trails to rugged forest terrain, Michigan offers trail opportunities for all abilities and interests.
Visitor Centers across the state provide education programs, field trips, archery, fishing, trails and much more. Click the box above to see all our locations, or click the individual location below.
We administer grants that enable our local partners to promote the lifestyles we all enjoy by providing recreational opportunities, enhancing wildlife habitat and ensuring public safety. Visit the grants home page by clicking on the button above, or view a specific area of interest below:
Recreational Safety and Hunter Education
Learn about Michigan's diverse range of fish, plants, trees, reptiles, amphibians, insects and mammals. Click the box above to see all species, or click the species group below.
DNR educators across the state provide fun, educational activities, programs and workshops year-round for adults, families and kids. Click the box above to see all our offerings, or click the program below.
DNR educators provide classroom lessons, field trip opportunities, professional development and experiential programs to teachers around the state. Click the box above to see all our offerings, or click the program below.
DNR forest resources professionals maintain healthy forests, manage wildfire, maintain responsible harvesting certifications and improve wildlife habitat. Click the box above to learn more about Michigan's state forests.
All DNR-related boards, committees, and advisory groups
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Preserving our natural areas is at the heart of our stewardship efforts, and with your help we’re working towards our mission of conserving and restoring the landscapes of our state parks.
Our efforts include invasive species removal through stewardship workdays, photo monitoring to document changes over time, monitoring rare insects, identifying early stages of forest disease and much more.
Volunteer stewardship workdays engage volunteers through hands-on restoration and education as they help remove invasive plants threatening high-quality ecosystems in state parks across southern lower Michigan.
Volunteers learn plant identification, see rare ecosystems, connect with others and more. No experience is necessary and equipment and instruction are provided.
Check our volunteer calendar to find upcoming workdays. Exact location information (GPS coordinates for the workday meeting place) can be found on the event details for each workday on the calendar.
Please email your name, phone number and the date/location you wish to participate to Emily Leslie.
Sign up to receive emails about workdays in a park near you.
Wear long pants, work boots, gloves, eye protection. Waterproof boots (knee-high rubber boots or waders) recommended for wetland sites - we have a limited supply to borrow. Gear should be free of mud and seeds to avoid spread of invasive species!
If a workday must be canceled due to inclement weather (or any other reason), registered participants will receive an email at least two hours ahead of the scheduled meeting time. Please be sure to check your email before heading out!
Youth under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian who must sign a volunteer release and waiver of liability form for the minor. If participating with an organized youth group, the group leader may sign instead.
Volunteers and stewardship staff play important roles in photo monitoring, which provides critical data that assist in identifying proper management approaches. These time-lapse videos reveal the ways natural areas change over time.
Protecting animal and plant species, and the natural areas in which they live, is at the heart of photo monitoring efforts in our state parks. It’s a longstanding project – starting in the 1990s – that reveals how dunes, forests, marshes and other landscapes change over time.
Interested in volunteering on your own? Some training and coordination is required; however, once you are trained, these activities can be performed whenever it is convenient for you! If you're interested, please email Emily Leslie or call 517-242-8760.
Gather baseline bird data or monitor known populations of rare birds in select areas of certain parks.
Learn to identify the early stages of forest diseases, so we can detect and treat cases at the early stage.
Help map patches of invasive plants. This data will help us plan where to focus future restoration efforts.
Experienced birders are needed to help complete the Kirtland's warbler census.
Hand collect native prairie seed in October and early November.
With support from hundreds of volunteers, more than 150 native, local genotype trees have been planted in Belle Isle Park. Volunteers interested in helping to care for these newly planted trees will work closely with the DNR to ensure their success. Please contact Kelsey Dietz to learn more.
The Belle Isle Canopy Work Group works toward increasing tree canopy cover and protection in day-use areas. Interested organizations and individuals may submit project proposals and ideas for increasing tree cover or aiding in tree protection by contacting Heidi Frei, state park forest health specialist, by Sept. 30 each year.
