CORWITH TOWNSHIP, MI – A prescribed burn scheduled for this afternoon is expected to benefit Lower Michigan’s elk herd, the ...

An ice storm in Michigan destroyed 3 million acres of woods. Here's what experts and wildlife managers say about the future ...

Most public outdoor facilities in the area are closed while ... staff at the Pigeon River Country State Forest east of Vanderbilt in northern lower Michigan shows the widespread devastation ...

Aerial images show thousands of acres of state forests have been damaged in Northern Michigan in the aftermath of March’s severe ice storm. Approximately 919,550 acres of state forest land are ...

The property was leased and managed by the DNR, said Eric Cowing, district supervisor for the DNR Parks and Recreation ...

northern Lower Michigan has wide-ranging areas with those conditions. It could lead to population explosions of the beetles and cause further losses to forests beyond the damage already done ...

The state estimates 2,000 bears now call Lower Michigan home ... droppings help spread seeds across large areas, promoting plant growth and forest regeneration. As opportunistic omnivores ...

Approximately 919,550 acres of state forest land are impacted by the ice storm, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Forest Resources Division. “I’ve worked for the ...

Tree-killing pests such as native pine bark beetles thrive in areas with stressed, damaged pine trees and fresh pine debris — and after the late March ice storms, northern Lower Michigan has ...