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Wolf hunting opponents are suing the state claiming the Michigan law giving the Natural Resources Commission the authority to designate game species is unconstitutional. The group, Keep Michigan Wolves Protected, says the law, approved last year by the legislature, violates the Constitution’s single subject clause because it contains too many …

It could end our way of life as we know it. That’s what State Senator Tom Casperson says of Wednesday’s decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to put the northern long-eared bat on the federal threatened species list. Populations of the bats have drastically declined due to white-nose …

The Department of Natural Resources recently announced that 2015-16 off-road vehicle trail grant applications now are available to public agencies and nonprofit incorporated clubs and organizations. Applications are available (from the ORV Trail Improvement Fund) for grants to maintain existing designated state ORV trails, routes and use areas; repair public …