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Tag: public land

Typographic card: Public land for November, by region, with its managers EXPLAINER Destinations · Statewide · 2 hrs ago Public land for November, by region, with its managers Five regional lists name a selection of the forests, refuges, lakeshores, parks and game areas that their managers' own pages support, each with its agency and the access rule its page states, where it states one. A concrete spillway and a tan brick powerhouse beside a calm river under a partly cloudy summer sky. DESTINATION Fishing · Northern Lower Peninsula · 2 hrs ago Where the Big Manistee leaves Tippy Dam The DNR's page for Tippy Dam Recreation Area lists a rustic campground open all year and a Recreation Passport requirement; the river from the dam to the railroad bridge below M-55 is Type 3 water with a limit of one rainbow trout. Anglers stand along a metal railing beside a steel-walled bank above fast blue water, with bare trees beyond. FEATURE Fishing · Northern Lower Peninsula · 2 hrs ago Seven rivers open to steelhead in November, and the rules on each From the flies-only water above Gleason's Landing to the closed apron below Foote Dam, stream type, limit and tackle change river by river, and the special lure rules on four of the seven end Nov. 15. A wet paved road with a double yellow centerline curves away through yellow maples and dark evergreens, with leaves along the shoulder. GUIDE Hunting · Statewide · 2 hrs ago Opening week on public land, where everyone else is State forest, game area, national forest, Commercial Forest and HAP land each set their own rules for stands, blinds and vehicles, and the DNR's MiHunt map shows which is which. Typographic card: The limited firearm zone is gone from the Lower Peninsula EXPLAINER Hunting · Mid-Michigan · 2 hrs ago The limited firearm zone is gone from the Lower Peninsula Since Sept. 12 every legal firearm may be used across the Lower Peninsula, and the definition of a legal firearm, the orange rule, the safety zone and posted township closures still apply. Typographic card: Two weeks before the deer opener, day by day GUIDE Hunting · Statewide · 2 hrs ago Two weeks before the deer opener, day by day A dated plan for Nov. 1 to 14: the tag, permission, the stand and the range day, and from Nov. 10 a quiet period that changes what can ride in the truck.