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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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A landmark investment in public land

One of Michigan’s crown jewels – the Pigeon River Country State Forest, known as the “Big Wild” due to its wilderness-like character and home to Michigan’s elk herd – just got bigger, and Michigan’s residents are the proud new owners. On behalf of the public, using grant funding and private donations, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has acquired 8,850 acres of land, including over 14 miles of trout streams, three lakes and suitable habitat for a variety of wildlife, including elk, black bear and white-tailed deer.
A landmark investment in public land
aerial view of Black River winding through forest on Black River Ranch property

Frosted

On a frosty November morning, with the orange-red sun burning through the crystalline ice and frost like a laser, the author finds an honest peace and headspace wide enough for his mind to roam.
Frosted
Frost-covered leaves on the ground

Bringing deer processing downtown

In October, the Department of Natural Resources Outdoor Adventure Center in Detroit partnered with Hunters Feeding Michigan and The Mushroom Conservatory to host the first deer processing workshop in Detroit.
Bringing deer processing downtown
Chunks of venison cooking in a frying pan with cooking ingredients nearby

Rounding the riverbend

Elbows, hooks, corners, turns, bends – all good names for those places in rivers and creeks where the direction of the water flow changes. These corners are typically good for fishing. For some reason, they are places that seem attractive to humans too, fishing prospects aside.
Rounding the riverbend
scenic view of a riverbend among fall trees

Expanding tribal partnerships to restore native wild rice

Building on a longstanding partnership with Indigenous nations, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is intensifying its commitment to sowing manoomin, a native aquatic rice and staple of the Anishinaabe people.
Expanding tribal partnerships to restore native wild rice
People in kayaks paddle out to check out manoomin.

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