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DNR employees netting walleye (Sander vitreus) to be tagged and released to determine movement and seasonal distribution of the species.
Small or big brown bat at Millie Hill Bat Viewing Site. The site is actually an old mine entrance that has a protective steel grate that allows bats to enter and leave, but keeps people out of the mine shaft. The Millie Mine is a critical hibernating and breeding location for up to 50,000 bats—one of the largest known concentrations of bats in the Midwest. Big brown and little brown bats from all over the region come here to hibernate during the cold winter months.
Conservation officer recruits work on their lifesaving and public safety skills, working specifically on learning how to save people who have fallen through ice. Conservation officers are fully commissioned as state peace officers, with full power and authority to enforce Michigan's criminal laws. They are a unique class of law enforcement officer, whose duties include enforcing regulations for outdoor recreational activities such as off-road vehicle use, snowmobiling, boating, hunting and fishing. New conservation officers undergo nearly 10 months of extensive recruit training.
A hunter with disabilities poses with his white-tailed deer kill. Over the years, the DNR has partnered with other organizations to make many of the state game and state wildlife areas in southern Michigan more accessible for individuals with disabilities.
A flowing river after having its dam removed. Virtually all of Michigan's large rivers had dams constructed on them. Most of these dams were built between 1900 and 1955, with construction activity reaching its peak in 1914. Many of these dams have deteriorated because of age, erosion, poor maintenance, flood damage and poor designs, and many of them no longer serve any useful purpose. Removal eliminates the expenses of future maintenance and repairs, improves public safety and provides several ecological benefits
A close-up of a Karner blue butterfly. The Karner blue butterfly is a federally listed endangered species and is listed as a Michigan threatened species.
A snowmobiler on one of Michigan's many snowmobile trails. Michigan attracts thousands of snowmobile enthusiasts each winter.
Forest Management fire officers manage a prescribed fire. These prescribed fires are intentionally ignited under a strict set of weather and site conditions to accomplish a specific resource management or ecological objective.
A netfull of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) fingerlings raised in a Fisheries Division fish hatchery, ready to be transported to an Upper Peninsula stream.
A closeup of the band that DNR employees and volunteers will place onto the leg of a Canada goose. The DNR is responsible for banding hundreds of ducks and geese each year, with quotas set by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service according to local conditions. The banding process is performed by DNR employees and trained volunteers. Once the age and sex are recorded, a metal, pre-numbered, federal ID band is placed loosely around the goose's leg and gently pushed closed with a pair of pliers. Waterfowl hunters across the United States and Canada are asked to report any harvested birds with federal identification leg bands. Doing so assists waterfowl managers when it comes to setting future hunting seasons and bag limits.
Volunteers plant trees along an urban street. More than 15 percent of Michigan's total statewide tree cover is found in metro areas.
Young hunter and his dog show off his wood duck and mallard duck kills as part of the Pure Michigan Hunt. Pure Michigan Hunt is a program set up by the DNR to raise money to fund wildlife habitat restoration and improvement. Three winners are drawn from the applicants, and these hunters win donated prizes (including a firearm and crossbow) and are able to participate in every limited-access hunt Michigan has, elk, bear, spring and fall wild turkey, and antlerless deer, as well as take first pick in a managed waterfowl area reserved hunt.
Conservation officer writing a ticket for illegal ORV use on a stream bank. The damage to the bank is clear in the photo, and this type of erosion is why ORV use is restricted along waterways in Michigan.
The Carter family with their 2009 American Brittany Club National Amateur Gun Dog Champion at the Ionia State Recreation Area. Ionia, with three field trial courses spread over 2,800 acres, is one of two state recreation areas where field trialing is authorized in statute. Field trialing is a sport of bird dogs; sporting dog enthusiasts run their animals over a course - sometimes planted with pen-raised birds, sometimes not - and the canines are judged on their hunting ability.
Child shows off the Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) caught from Lake Michigan on the St. Joseph north pier.
DNR Wildlife Division employees check the tooth wear and count points on a hunter's white-tailed buck to help determine the animal's age and health. These primarily voluntary check stations help biologists monitor the herd's well-being.
Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) fingerlings at a hatchery. Once widespread and numerous in the Great Lakes, sturgeon populations have been decimated by overfishing, poaching and dam construction that has cut them off from their upstream spawning habitat.
Eastern massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus), a rare sight.
Forest Management fire officers set and observe a prescribed fire. These prescribed fires are intentionally ignited under a strict set of weather and site conditions to accomplish a specific resource management or ecological objective.
A Pure Michigan Hunt winner standing proudly next to his elk kill. Pure Michigan Hunt is a program set up by the DNR to raise money to fund wildlife habitat restoration and improvement. Three winners are drawn from the applicants, and these hunters win donated prizes (including a firearm and crossbow) and are able to participate in every limited-access hunt Michigan has: elk, bear, spring and fall wild turkey, and antlerless deer, as well as take first pick in a managed waterfowl area reserved hunt.
Young lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens). Once widespread and numerous in the Great Lakes, sturgeon populations have been decimated by overfishing, poaching and dam construction that has cut them off from their upstream spawning habitat.
DNR Fisheries Division employee transfers brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) fingerlings into the truck to be transported to an Upper Peninsula stream.
DNR instructor Mary Emmons guides a woman in how to draw a bow as part of a Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) program on archery. A woman takes aim with a shotgun during a Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) program. BOW is a national program created to introduce women to traditionally male outdoor activities. In Michigan, DNR's BOW program are offered year round at many locations and range from basic introductory courses to specific outdoor experiences.
A crewmember of the DNR's Survey Vessel Steelhead lowers a digital sensor into Lake Michigan. The crew conducts an annual hydroacoustic (sonar) and mid-water trawl survey of alewives and other prey fishes (like the mottled sculpin) in Lake Michigan to get a snapshot of current conditions. Once the survey work is completed, estimates of total prey fish abundance are generated by managers and are used to balance predator-prey dynamics. Fisheries managers then adjust salmon stocking rates to keep alewife abundance in check with lake productivity levels.
Volunteer campground hosts at J. W. Wells State Park in Menominee County. Campground Hosts assist campers by answering questions and explaining rules.
A conservation officer checks for current and valid registrations and licenses.
A family relaxes in the shade at their lakeside picnic at one of the state parks/recreation areas.
A sign on the side of a road thanking firefighters for their services in stopping the Sleeper Like Fire.
DNR employees collect data on a white-tailed deer for a predator/prey research project, which will provide information about the local deer population and the effects of predators on it.
A boat fisherman shows off his chinook salmon catch on the Great Lakes. Chinook salmon populations are maintained by addition of hatchery-reared fish in lakes Superior and Michigan.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources and American Red Cross employees organize supplies at a relief center.
A young hunter shows off his mallard duck kill in a Pure Michigan Hunt. Pure Michigan Hunt is a program set up by the DNR to raise money to fund wildlife habitat restoration and improvement. Three winners are drawn from the applicants, and these hunters win donated prizes (including a firearm and crossbow) and are able to participate in every limited-access hunt Michigan has, elk, bear, spring and fall wild turkey, and antlerless deer, as well as take first pick in a managed waterfowl area reserved hunt.
A conservation officer talks with a hunter after he shoots an elk cow wearing a radio collar. Cooperation among hunters (especially those who harvest an animal with a radio collar) and the DNR is vital to biologists' research.
A DNR employee talks to a group of kids at a campground before taking them fishing. Programs such as this at state parks and recreation areas help introduce youth to the outdoors.
