Michigan’s Wild Pheasants

Michigan’s Wild Pheasants

By Ben Beaman, MI State Coordinator for Pheasants Forever As the Michigan State Coordinator for Pheasants Forever, I spend a good deal of time around upland hunters here in the mitten state and chasing Michigan wild pheasants. And as you can imagine, the topic of...
Saving Michigan’s Sharp-tailed Grouse

Saving Michigan’s Sharp-tailed Grouse

Government agencies, conservation groups, Sault Tribe teaming up to enhance bird habitats, lek sites in U.P. over next several years By Chris Lamphere Philosophical differences over the management of a natural resource can sometimes make it difficult for people to...
Habitat 101: Building the Wall

Habitat 101: Building the Wall

Jared Van Hees is a passionate habitat manager and Michigan landowner with a strong drive to educate others with his ongoing column Habitat 101. He is the founder of Habitat Podcast and a habitat consultant to private landowners across the Midwest. He has a...
Death by Thousand Cuts

Death by Thousand Cuts

Whether it is the DNR’s unwillingness to push back against anti-hunters and those spreading misinformation about wolves at meetings or the appropriation of Native American culture when convenient to try and circumvent biology — slowly, your rights as a trapper,...
Michigan Out-of-Doors Youth Camp: A Historic View

Michigan Out-of-Doors Youth Camp: A Historic View

Michigan Out-of-Doors Youth Camp Holds Michigan Conservation History. By Ashley Carmichael, Michigan United Conservation Clubs Camp Director Camp season is nearly upon us. The camp team has been hard at work getting ready to host campers at the Cedar Lake Outdoor...
Made in Michigan: DriftPro Anchor Winch

Made in Michigan: DriftPro Anchor Winch

Product: DriftPro Anchor Winch Made: In Michigan Michigan Out-of-Doors Credentialing: Must-have for steelhead, salmon and trout fishing Good ideas are rarely born from thin air; most of the time they are an evolution of someone else’s idea that can be made better,...