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Wildlife publications
Your gateway to an array of Wildlife Division publications.
Whether you're seeking our foundational guiding principles and strategies, the latest annual reports, in-depth State Game Area master plans, insightful harvest survey reports, or more — you're in the right place. Explore, discover and stay informed with the pulse of Michigan's natural wonders and the efforts safeguarding them for generations to come.
Annual reports
- 2024 Annual Report (HTML, 28 minute read time)
- 2023 Annual report (HTML, 31 minute read time)
- 2022 Wildlife Division Annual Report (HTML, 35 minute read time)
- 2021 Wildlife Division Annual Report (HTML, 50 minute read time)
- 2020 Wildlife Division Annual Report (PDF, 2.76MB, 20 pages, 20 minute read time)
Guiding Principles and Strategies
SGA/SWA master plans
- Augusta Creek SFWA master plan
- Backus Creek SGA master plan
- Barry SGA master plan
- Beaver Islands SWRA master plan
- Betsie River SGA master plan
- Boyle Lake SWA master plan
- Cornish SGA master plan
- Dansville SGA master plan
- Davisburg SGA master plan
- Deford SGA master plan
- Edmore SGA master plan
- Flat River SGA master plan
- Fuller Woods SGA master plan
- Fulton SGA master plan
- Goose Lake SGA master plan
- Gourdneck SGA master plan
- Grand Haven SGA master plan
- Gratiot-Saginaw SGA master plan
- Haymarsh SGA master plan
- Horseshoe Lake SGA master plan
- Hubbard Lake SGA master plan
- Jones Areas (Crane Pond, Fabius, Three Rivers) master plan
- Keeler SGA master plan
- Lake Interstate SGA master plan
- Langston SGA master plan
- Leidy Lake SGA master plan
- Lost Nation SGA master plan
- Maple River SGA master plan
- Martiny SGA master plan
- Middleville SGA master plan
- Minden City SGA master plan
- Muskegon SGA master plan
- Muskrat Lake SGA master plan
- Olive Township SGA master plan
- Osceola-Missaukee SGA master plan
- Pentwater SGA master plan
- Petobego SGA master plan
- Rogue River SGA master plan
- Rose Lake SWA master plan
- Saranac-Lowell SGA master plan
- Sharonville SGA master plan
- Shiawassee River SGA master plan
- St. Clair Flats SGA master plan
- Stanton SGA master plan
- Tamarack SGA master plan
- Thumb PMA master plan
- Tuscola SGA master plan
- Vassar SGA master plan
- Verona SGA master plan
- Vestaburg SGA master plan
Publications by species
Deer
- 2024 Deer harvest survey report
- 2024 online deer harvest reporting summary
- 2023 Deer Harvest Survey Report (PDF, 3.55 MB, 2h 30m read time)
- Deer feed site behavior (HTML, 7m read time)
- Influence of deer regulations on antlerless harvest...
- 2022 Deer harvest survey report (PDF, 6.83MB, 73 pages, 2 hour and 25 minute read time)
- 2021 Deer Harvest Survey Report (PDF, 3.12MB, 83 pages, 57 minute read time)
- 2020 Deer Harvest Survey Report
- 2019 CWD Area APR Survey Report
- 2018 CWD Survey Report
- Thumb Area DMU APR Survey Report
- Deer management plan
- Deer Management Unit information (HTML)
- Factors limiting deer abundance in the Upper Peninsula (PDF, 2.4 MB, 1 hour read time)
Small game and furbearer
- 2021 small game harvest report
- 2021 bobcat harvest report
- 2021 otter and beaver harvest survey report (PDF, 2.58MB, 33 pages, 55 minute read time)
- 2021 Marten and fisher harvest survey report (PDF, 2.4 MB, 26 pages, 43 minute read time)
- 2020 small game harvest survey report
- 2020 effects of COVID-19 on Michigan fur harvester hunting and trapping
- 2020 Bobcat Hunter and Trapper Harvest Report
- 2020 furbearer harvest survey report
- 2020 Marten and fisher harvest survey report (PDF, 977KB, 26 pages, 50 minute read time)
- 2020 Otter and beaver harvest survey report (PDF, 845 KB, 32 pages, 53 minute read time)
- 2019 Marten and fisher harvest survey report (PDF, 876KB, 21 pages, 36 minute read time)
- 2016 Bobcat Harvest Survey Report