Voting is underway for USA TODAY's 10best parks in the U.S. and Michigan's Porcupine Mountains is in the running. Here's how to cast your vote.

Records recently released to MLive revealed at least two publicly unknown areas of state land officials deemed “suitable” for ...

House Bill 4350, sponsored by Rep. Ken Borton, R-Gaylord, seeks to decriminalize wildlife and bird feeding under limited ...

Downed pine trees develop a fungal stain quickly, losing their value as timber. Stressed or damaged pines and fresh pine ...

NorthStar is one of the companies buying and burning that wooden debris from the storm. It uses that to create electricity. In all, the facility powers up to 38,000 homes. It works with another ...

The black bear population is on the rise across Michigan and pushing further and further south, according to the DNR.

After Michigan's snakes hibernate and endure the cold months, they emerge from hibernation in spring, Huron-Clinton MetroParks said, and once the days are longer and steadily warmer they spend the ...

One is on the development of an authority board, the Keweenaw Heartlands Recreational and Natural Resources Authority. The ...

There are months of work ahead just to clear roads, an official with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources says.

Sixth graders from Paw Paw Middle School got outside the classroom Wednesday morning to release about 150 Chinook salmon into ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced plans to lower water levels at the Big Creek Impoundment in ...

Officers say he was attempting to retrieve his boat, which had drifted from a beach area as he fished from shore.