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Get all your fishing information here, including rules and regulations, license info, the weekly fishing report and much more. Use the button 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. USE THE BUTTON ABOVE TO VISIT THE WINTER FUN HOMEPAGE or go directly to you area of interest below:
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.
law enforcement, legislation, rules and regulations
All DNR-related boards, committees, and advisory groups
Find seasonal, part-time and full-time job openings with the DNR
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Bat populations are declining due to white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease. The Indiana bat and northern long-eared bat are federally endangered, and other cave-dwelling bat species may be reclassified as federally threatened or endangered in the future.
The Michigan DNR worked with the Minnesota and Wisconsin DNRs and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop the Lake States Forest Management Bat Habitat Conservation Plan, or Bat Habitat Conservation Plan for four bat species, the Indiana Bat, northern long-eared bat, little brown bat and tricolored bat. This plan describes potential impacts of forest management on bats, objectives to offset forest management impacts on bats, and sets a compliance strategy for forest management activities performed as land administrators.
A Habitat Conservation Plan is required by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of an application for an Incidental Take Permit, which the Michigan DNR has received. An Incidental Take Permit ensures forest management activities in endangered bat habitat can continue without additional U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service consultation.
The Bat Habitat Conservation Plan and Incidental Take Permit for Michigan are in place for the four covered bat species. Through the Incidental Take Permit, the DNR can extend take authorization to eligible nonfederal landowners through a Landowner Enrollment Program to have their forest lands covered by the Bat Habitat Conservation Plan. The DNR is currently developing a program to begin making the Landowner Enrollment Program available for landowners.
Landowners also have the option to develop their own Habitat Conservation Plan or other Endangered Species Act compliance strategy through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, if desired.
Interim tools and voluntary guidance for the northern long-eared bat
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in March released interim tools and guidance to help stakeholders transition to the reclassification of the northern long-eared bat from threatened to endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
Guidance includes an interim Section 7 Consultation framework, a determination key, interim guidance for wind energy operations and interim guidance for habitat modification. Refer to the federal northern long-eared bat website for these resources.
