A member of a Roscommon County hunting club is accused of threatening state Department of Natural Resources investigators posing as hunters.

MARQUETTE - At the mid-point of this year's firearm deer season, the harvest appears to be down from last year. Before the season began Nov. 15, Michigan Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologists had predicted a drop in the deer kill this fall based on rough winter weather over the past couple of years.

ESCANABA - Unseasonably warm temperatures and a lack of snow have led to hunters seeing fewer whitetail deer during the first week of the firearm deer season. Bill Rollo, a wildlife biologist for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, said the warmer weather, while making it easier for hunters to sit out in their blinds longer, is leading to less deer movement.

MADISON – Early dense fog dampened some areas of the state on the opening day of Wisconsin’s 2009 nine-day gun deer season, but hunters enjoyed balmy weather throughout much of the weekend that some thought was just a little too good, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reported.

To understand the Michigan state budget, you must realize that "it" is actually dozens of budgets that present great opportunities for headache -- and change.

Visit one of the estimated 500 to 1,500 turkey farms, called backyard suppliers, throughout the state that raise 100 to 200 birds a season, according to George House, executive director of Michigan Allied Poultry Industries.

As Michigan's whitetail deer rifle season enters its second week, Department of Natural Resources experts said they are checking a lot of deer in Alpena, but have been getting reports of a slower hunt thus far throughout the rest of the state. "We have just been swamped here in Alpena. It is slower today but, but overall we have been busy." DNR biologist Jennifer Kleitch said.

Angler numbers continue to drop as many pursue hunting, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday in its weekly fishing report.

Alcohol may have played a part in the death of a Michigan State University student whose body was found by his roommate Saturday in his fraternity house.

Federal officials confirmed Friday that DNA from Asian carp has been found in water past an electric barrier designed to keep the invasive and destructive fish out of Lake Michigan.