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The following is a list of Michigan state game and wildlife areas found throughout the U.S. state of Michigan.The state has a system of publicly owned lands managed primarily for wildlife conservation, wildlife observation, recreational activities, and hunting.
Michigan's 20 largest inland lakes. This is a list of lakes in Michigan. The American state of Michigan borders four of the five Great Lakes. The number of inland lakes in Michigan depends on the minimum size. There are: 62,798 lakes ≥ 0.1 acres (0.00040 km 2) [1] 26,266 lakes ≥ 1.0 acre (0.0040 km 2) [1] 6,537 lakes ≥ 10.0 acres (0.040 ...
Mar. 9—The COVID-19 pandemic forced wildlife agencies last fall to scale back their efforts to test for chronic wasting disease, the fatal neurological disorder that affects deer, moose and elk.
For the 2023 testing year in Wisconsin, 1,586 deer were CWD-positive out of 17,314 analyzed, or 9.2%, according to the DNR. The number and the percentage of positives were highest since the DNR ...
The railroad helped make the lakes of the area, including Deer Lake, easily accessible to summer vacationers from the big cities. [6] [7] The Clarkston depot, [8] along with the Waterford depot, [9] the Drayton Plains depot [10] and the Windiate depot [11] served to make Independence Township and Waterford Township a resort area.
Figures posted online Monday morning show hunters took 132,810 deer in 2024 — about 5,000 fewer than reported for 2023 and far lower than in 2022 when hunters took 154,940 deer, the DNR said.
Pointe Mouillee State Game Area (/ ˈ p ɔɪ n t m w iː ˈ j eɪ /; point mwee-YAY or moo-LAY) is a state game area in the U.S. state of Michigan. [2] It encompasses 7,483 acres (30.3 km 2) of hunting, recreational, and protected wildlife and wetland areas at the mouth of the Huron River at Lake Erie, as well as smaller outlying areas within the Detroit River.
Sylvania Wilderness is an 18,327 acres (7,417 ha) protected area located a few miles west of Watersmeet Township, Michigan.Sylvania is located entirely within the bounds of the Ottawa National Forest, and is currently being managed as a wilderness area as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System by the U.S. Forest Service.