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Topics range from fishing and hunting to history and outdoor recreation. This is a weekly feature story sent on Thursday.

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Restoring a vital trail after a historic storm

Supporters and partners joined the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in Houghton County to celebrate the reopening of a roughly 8-mile segment of snowmobile and off-road vehicle trail devastated by a historic storm in 2018. In what is likely the Michigan DNR’s largest trail repair project, $10.5 million was spent for work that took contributions of time, money and expertise from numerous sources and years to complete.
Restoring a vital trail after a historic storm

Taking a rejuvenating November hike

Reflections on the reinvigorating powers of a fall hike in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Taking a rejuvenating November hike

Move over men, women want to hunt too!

A unique partnership between the Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission and the Michigan Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program, administered by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, provides hunting opportunities for women.
Move over men, women want to hunt too!

You get the picture – photo monitoring helps preserve Michigan’s natural areas

With the assistance of volunteers, the DNR's photo monitoring efforts – capturing photos of a specific area over time – document ecological change over time and help protect, restore and manage the state’s valuable natural communities.
You get the picture – photo monitoring helps preserve Michigan’s natural areas

Fifty years of collaboration to preserve ‘The Big Wild’

In December 1973, the Michigan Natural Resources Commission approved a Pigeon River Country Concept of Management. The plan included creation of the Pigeon River Country Advisory Council, with diverse membership drawn from conservation, oil and gas, and recreation interests. The advisory council has been called “the state's pioneering experiment in involving people of opposing views in the long-term management of its natural resources."
Fifty years of collaboration to preserve ‘The Big Wild’