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A helicopter used a helicopter bucket to gather water that was used to contain the Sleeper lake Fire.
A woman hunter kneels beside her elk kill. Elk hunting is restricted to a certain number of licenses to keep the elk herd in Michigan at 800-900 elk.
A flock of Canada geese near a construction site that will be banded by DNR employees and volunteers. 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.
This picture is of my wife, Carol. We have two children who work in health care and they told us that they were being asked to use the same face masks over and over because where they worked could not get an adequate supply to give them clean ones each day. So, Carol decided to make face masks for them and also all the others members of our family. Here she is working.
Leelanau
A group of Michigan Department of Natural Resources employees and Luce County Sheriffs discuss the Sleeper Lake Fire Incident Action Plan.
My sister and I paint this horse for different seasons. This year I painted it to be bright and colorful for spring.
Wexford
Cross-country skiiers at the start of the North American VASA ski race in Grand Traverse county.
DNR employees aboard the Alpena Fisheries Research Station boat Chinook sort yellow perch caught in gillnets for the annual Saginaw Bay fish community survey. Each fish is identified, counted and measured for total length. Target species, where more information is required, also will be weighed and examined to determine sex, maturity, stomach contents and more. Scales or spines are collected to allow the age of the fish to be determined later. The survey requires that most of these fish are sacrificed, but biologists learn an enormous amount about the health of the fish populations and often the same specimens are provided to others for more study; any fish remaining of any consumption value are donated to food pantries.
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.
DNR worker holding up a salmon caught for egg collection at the Fisheries egg take station.
Conservation officers aboard their boat for the Wear It Michigan! campain to encourage boaters to always wear personal flotation devices while on the water.
Conservation officer recruits work on shooting skills. 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.
Michigan police officers enforce a roadblock during the Sleeper Lake Fire.
DNR employees check the band on a double-crested cormorant at the Les Cheneaux Islands in Lake Huron. Keeping track of population and habitat statistics helps the DNR and partner organizations plan population control measures.
Sand dunes leading down to the shore along the coast of Michigan. Michigan's shoreline features approximately 275,000 acres of sand dune formations, the largest display of freshwater dunes in the world.
DNR employees aboard the Alpena Fisheries Research Station boat Chinook haul gillnets aboard for the annual Saginaw Bay fish community survey. Each fish is identified, counted and measured for total length. Target species, where more information is required, also will be weighed and examined to determine sex, maturity, stomach contents and more. Scales or spines are collected to allow the age of the fish to be determined later. The survey requires that most of these fish are sacrificed, but biologists learn an enormous amount about the health of the fish populations and often the same specimens are provided to others for more study; any fish remaining of any consumption value are donated to food pantries.
DNR biologist Jessica Mistak measures the size of a mussel in the Menominee River watershed for her research project, which examines freshwater mussels, including the purple wartyback and elktoe, trying to determine their populations as well as unlocking the secrets to where they live.
DNR employee cuts buckthorn and applies herbicide to prevent future growth. Both common and glossy buckthorn are considered invasive non-native shrubs. Their rapid growth and prolific seed production make these plants aggressive invaders that can form dense thickets which shade and displace native understory plants, shrubs, and tree seedlings.
DNR employees measure a fish caught as part of a population survey on one of Michigan's rivers to collect data for the Fisheries Division's Status and Trends Program (STP). The STP surveys fish communities and habitats in lakes and streams that are representative of the broad range of waters found in Michigan.
Collecting walleye for egg take on the Tittabawassee River by the DOW chemical plant in Midland.
A group of volunteers pulls garlic mustard (non-native invasive plant). Garlic mustard removal operations such as this are part of the DNR's early detection and rapid response initiative. Garlic mustard impacts forest regeneration by shading-out young tree saplings.
Forest Management fire officer sets 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.
DNR employee releases brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) fingerlings raised at a Fisheries Division fish hatchery from the transportation truck.
A Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) chick nestled next to a wall on the roof of a building. DNR employees will apply a leg band to this chick. Young peregrine chicks are banded so they can be identified later should they turn up in another state or are found injured. The peregrine falcon population was decimated by the use of the pesticide DDT in the 1950s and 1960s. The DNR has worked with other agencies to successfully restore peregrines in Michigan, and the banding program helps in these efforts.
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 family gathered around a campfire at their campsite in Tahquamenon Falls State Park. The park is located in the eastern portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, near Paradise and Whitefish Point.
An adult mentors a young dirt bike enthusiast before getting back on the trail.
A group of waterfowl hunters cross the water in their boat after setting decoys (in the foreground).
Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) swimming or floating among aquatic plantlife.
A firefighter saturates the ground in order to prevent further fires from starting.
