Michigan DNR will release for public comment a draft of the new State Forest Management Plan Development of the Draft Management Plan was a monumental undertaking by the DNR and will set the 10-year goals, objectives, and long-term desired future conditions for the 4-million-acre State Forest system. This Plan is necessary to ensure the long-term sustainable management of the State Forest and to make sure the forest products we derive today – timber, wildlife, recreation, etc. are available ...

Cornwall Creek Flooding may be a place known to you and for others not so much. To me, the Cornwall Creek Flooding is near and dear to my heart, my family having camped on its shores every winter for over a decade. Surrounded by the Pigeon River Country State Forest (PRC) this impoundment was created in 1966 to provide a high quality, publicly accessible fishery and it has been successful. Enjoyed by many for its beauty and lack of development within the over 100,000 contiguous acres of the ...

Camp Grayling expansion may inhibit public land access    Earlier this year, a proposal by the Michigan National Guard to more than double the amount of public lands it already leases from the state of Michigan fast became a hot topic for conservationists in Michigan and beyond.  At its current footprint of 230 square miles, the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center is already the largest National Guard training facility in the country. The National Guard since has proposed adding an ...

As we walked further upstream, the location Sam described began to materialize. He is never one to be quiet, and he had been talking about this spot all morning. As we continued the trek, I could not help but appreciate where we were and what we were doing. Surrounded by mountains, hunting brown trout with salmon flies in the back channels of the Madison River. This was a trip that we looked forward to all year that was nearly spoiled by COVID-19. We had rain and 40-degree weather for the ...

It’s silent, aside from the swollen raindrops pinging on the metal roof of the cabin, like dimes being dropped on the floor, and the steady hiss of the old gas lantern that envelopes the small space in its warm light. Soothing.  Peaceful.  A cool October evening in Northern Michigan. My only company comes in the form of Harrison in hard cover, Jameson in a tin cup and thoughts of tomorrow’s float down one of my favorite rivers with a friend. I finish my drink and my chapter, extinguish the ...