DNR

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has been working to secure a conservation easement in the western Upper Peninsula. Recently awarded grants worth one million dollars will help with the project.

The DNR plans to reintroduce Arctic grayling to Michigan waterways. The fish were wiped out in the state in the 1930s, and attempts to reintroduce them in the 1980s failed.

There are at least 631 gray wolves in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, according to the state’s latest survey. Experts with Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources say the wolf population there has remained basically stable for more than a decade.

Today on Stateside, we heard about how congressional and legislative redistricting affected Black voters in metro-Detroit. Then a DNR official gave an update on this season's deer hunt. We heard about the growing use of electric bikes. Plus, a reporter unpacked the controversy over wind turbines in mid-Michigan.

This year, hunters will be expected to report their kill online.

People with colorblindness often cannot distinguish colors such as red and green. That can change the experience of seeing fall leaves, or a northern cardinal in the trees. And it's prompted some changes at a couple of state parks.

On today's show, we heard about new census data from Michigan, and how the Michigan History Center is helping families preserve their legacies. Then, one food writer dished on simple summer recipes, and a DNR forester gave an update on spongy moths. To wrap up, an ACLU representative gave an update on an abortion rights ballot initiative in Michigan.

“Temporarily removing [bird feeders] could be helpful," says a Department of Natural Resources spokesperson, "Especially anyone who has a highly susceptible species like domestic poultry, raptors, water fowl living nearby.”

National Guard troops train in a state forest. The trails and roads could be opened to ORVs when there's no training going on.

Michigan wildlife officials say the size of the state’s deer herd is similar to last year, as the first hunters of the season head to the woods this…