Tag: Hunting
Nibi Chronicles: Invisible Borders
“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.
Woman whose two dogs were shot near home disputes hunter’s account
An Aylmer-area woman whose two dogs were shot and killed earlier this month says there are inconsistencies in an account of a man who says he mistakenly shot the dogs while hunting coyotes. Kaitlin Strong said she is seeking help after the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) told her the “shooter’s confession” is “not at […]
Money, cards and a little punk rock
Much of the money for wildlife management at Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources comes from people paying for hunting and fishing licenses. But the system might not hold up much longer. We’ll also try our hand at the card game “Spitzer,” a northeast Michigan classic with a dedicated band of folks trying to keep it alive. And we hear from Matthew Fletcher, whose new collection of short stories, “Stick Houses” draws on his own life experiences to dispel stereotypes about Indigenous people.
‘We are all part of this failure’: How fisheries and wildlife management in Michigan is going broke
A small, dwindling percentage of the population — hunters and anglers — funds a huge chunk of fish and wildlife conservation in Michigan.
Gunshots, two missing dogs, blood in the snow, now an MNR probe
AYLMER – Caitlin Strong says she has suffered sleepless nights and is considering moving after her beloved dogs were shot near her rural home. Strong, who lives on a two-hectare property outside of Aylmer with her husband Robert Jordan, last saw her two German shepherds alive when she let them outside around 1:15 p.m. Saturday. […]