Articles tagged:DNR

Snyder signs bill expanding role of volunteers in state conservation efforts

Posted: Tue Jun 28 12:03 p.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter

Gov. Rick Snyder today signed legislation that supporters are hailing as a way for the Department of Natural Resources to better protect Michigan’s natural resources. And that comes by allowing volunteers to assume an expanded role in the state’s land and wildlife conservation efforts.

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With slideshow: Swan Friends offering $5,000 reward for information in slaying of three trumpeter swans

Posted: Mon Aug 3 4:19 p.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter

The group known as Swan Friends is now offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those who killed a family of protected trumpeter swans this past weekend in Washtenaw County's Lodi Township. "We've got fliers up all over," said Troy Ontko, leader of the grassroots group ...

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Lodi Township residents mourn deaths of trumpeter swans; authorities investigate

Posted: Sat Aug 1 6:09 p.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter

For years, a family of trumpeter swans lived in the marshlands at the corner of Parker and Scio Church roads in Lodi Township. Among the rarest and most majestic birds in North America, the white-feathered waterfowl were an excuse for area commuters to drive out of their way to catch ...

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