The Natural Resources Commission shall be responsible for Departmental policy which influences Department priorities, methods of operation, or the manner in which programs relate to the citizens of the State. All program units of the Department affected by a proposed policy shall participate in the formulation of the policy. The final statements of policy formulated shall be approved by the Natural Resources Commission.  

1000 - Organization And Direction

2000 - Land Resource Management

2100 - Wildlife

2200 - Forests

2300 - Minerals

2400 - Dedicated Lands (Parks, Game Areas, State Forests, Recreation Areas)

2500 - Recreation

2600 - Land Control

2700 - Special Management Programs

3100 - Fish and Aquatic Life

3200 - Public Access

3400 - Special Management Programs

4100 - Law Enforcement

4200 - Fire Control

4500 - Water Quality And Control

4600 - Land Quality And Control

5000 - Program And Operation Services

5200 - Engineering And Construction

5500 - Planning

6100 - Employees

Rescinded Policies List

1000 - Organization and Direction

• 1001 Development and Establishment of Statute...

• 1002 - General Operating Procedure

• 1003 -Differing Opinions on Matters Brought Before the Commission

• 1005 - Public Involvement in Activities of Department

• 1006 - Department Position - Presentation at Hearings and Meetings

• 1022 - Appointing Special Task Forces, Study Groups and Committees

• 1031 - Gifts and Bequests

• 1042 - Michigan Recreational Land Trust Fund

2000 - Land Resource Management

• 2001 - Non-Indigenous Aquatic Nuisance Species

• 2002 - Environmental Protection and Economic Development

• 2005 - Island Management

• 2006 - Fish - Chemical Reclamation of Fish Populations

• 2007 - Deer Management

2100 Wildlife

• 2101 - Wildlife - Rabies In

• 2102 - Land - Management Of Game Purchased Land In Recreation Areas

• 2103 - Bird Banding

• 2104 - Wolf Importation Into Michigan

• 2106 - Birds And Mammals - Possession And Disposition Of Live Wild Birds And Mammals

• 2107 - Birds - Feeding of Game Birds in Winter

• 2109 - Pheasant Management

• 2110 - Pheasants - Put-Take Areas

• 2112 - Birds And Mammals - Importation Of

• 2115 - Game - Stocking

• 2117 - Birds And Mammals - Exhibition Of

2200 - Forests

• 2201 - Forests - School And Municipal

• 2202 - Lumber Inventories

• 2204 - Reforestation

• 2205 - Tree Removal - Near Power Lines

• 2207 - Management of State Forests

• 2208 - Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Policy

2300 – Minerals

• 2300 - Minerals

2400 - Dedicated Lands

• 2402 - Parks - Mineral and Timber Resources and Forest Fire Control in State Parks

• 2403 - Park Interpretive Program

• 2404 - Parks - State Lakes-State Parks Projects

• 2405 - Lands - Guidelines for Implementing Special Land Use Rules and Regulations for State Game Areas in Zone 3

• 2407 - Policy for Naming Department Administered Lands and Facilities

2500 - Recreation

• 2502 - Trials - Field Dog

• 2503 - Shooting Preserves

• 2504 - Recreation - Trails, Off-Road Vehicles And Snowmobile Affairs

• 2505 - Recreation - Urban

2600 - Land Control

• 2601 - Lands - Disposition of Buildings on State Lands Under DNR Jurisdiction

• 2607 - Lands - Great Lakes Submerged Lands--Sale, Lease, Trespass

• 2608 - Lands - Protection and Utilization of the G.L. Bottomlands, Historical Antiquities, Dive Teams

• 2612 - Lands - Building Trespass on State Lands

• 2625 - Disposition of Annual Deedings of Tax-Reverted Lands

• 2626 - Land Acquisition - Abandoned Railroad Rights-Of-Way

• 2627 - Land Holdings - Department Land Holdings

2700 - Special Management Programs

• 2702 - Great Lakes Shorelands - Protection and Management Act

• 2703 - Natural Rivers

• 2704 - Wilderness and Natural Areas

• 2705 - Preservation Of Agricultural Lands - Farmland And Open Space Preservation Act

• 2706 - Sand Dune Management And Protection - Department Operations

3100 - Fish and Aquatic Life

• 3101 - Fish - Harvest and Sale of Coho and Chinook Salmon

• 3104 - Fish - Great Lakes Fish Management Stations

• 3108 - Fish Stocking

• 3110 - Fish Management Priorities

• 3112 - Fish Spawn - Acquisition for Propagation

3200 - Public Access

• 3201 - Water - Rights-Of-Way to Water Frontage

3400 - Special Management Programs

• 3401 - Rec. Facilities Associated with Hydroelectric Power Projects Subject to Regulation by F.E.R.C.

• 3402 - Dam Removal and Disposition

4100 - Law Enforcement

• 4102 - Birds And Animals - Possession of Protected Birds and Animals

• 4103 - Control of Wildlife Causing Nuisance, Depredation or Damage Problems

• 4104 - Bounties

• 4107 - Disposition of Fish, Birds and Mammals Collected for Scientific and Management Purposes

4200 - Fire Control

• 4206 - Burning - Control of Open Burning

• 4208 - Burning - Prescribed

4500 - Water Quality and Control

• 4503 - Inland Lakes And Streams

• 4505 - Investigating, Reporting and Evaluating Releases of Polluting Materials into the Environment...

4600 - Land Quality and Control

• 4601 - Waste - Solid Waste Disposal Areas

• 4602 - Soil Erosion And Sedimentation Control Procedures

• 4605 - Easement for the Use of State Lands

5000 - Program and Operation Services

• 5001 - Identification of Contaminated Tax-Reverted Lands

5200 - Engineering and Construction

• 5204 - Dam Construction

5500 - Planning

• 5501 - Land Use

6100 - Employees

• 6121 - Employee Recognition

• 6122 - Affirmative Action