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Wildlife Action Plan
About the Wildlife Action Plan
Michigan’s Wildlife Action Plan is a partner-developed, strategic framework to cooperatively conserve wildlife and their habitats – especially those wildlife populations already in decline. That’s important for residents, too, because many uncommon fish and wildlife provide valuable information about the health of Michigan's water, land and air.
Public review drafts of 2025 chapter revisions
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Each chapter PDF contains a link to a poll that is unique to that chapter.
- Warmwater streams and their headwaters
- St. Clair and Detroit River System
- Littoral zones
- Great Lakes ciscoes
- Forested wetlands
- Coldwater streams
- Coldwater lakes
- Big rivers
- Wildlife health
- Peatlands
- Mines and caves
- Islands
- Great Lakes coastal systems
- Grasslands
- Dynamic forests
- Dry forests, savannas and barrens
- Boreal forest
- Bedrock communities
Reports
Highlights of the First Five Years
Examples of how Michigan's Wildlife Action Plan is being implemented by the Department of Natural Resources and partners.
State Wildlife Grants Funding in Action 2005-2010
Short summaries of projects that have been fully or partially funded by the Department of Natural Resources to implement the Wildlife Action Plan
State Wildlife Grants Funding in Action 2011-2012
Short summaries for projects that have been fully or partially funded by State Wildlife Grants