Small enough to carry in a backpack, this comprehensive guide explores the many diverse natural communities of Michigan, providing detailed descriptions, distribution maps, photographs, lists of characteristic plants, suggested sites to visit, and a dichotomous key for aiding field identification. This is a key tool for those seeking to understand, describe, document, conserve, and restore the diversity of natural communities native to Michigan.

Michigan and the Great Lakes SeriesThe Michigan Wildlife Viewing Guide will lead you to 125 of the best locations in Michigan for viewing wildlife, from wolves and moose on Isle Royale to the thousands of migrating waterfowl along the shores of Lake Erie. The guide contains full-color photographs of these Michigan natural areas, along with maps and directions to each featured site. In addition, the guide explains where and when to look for wildlife, provides helpful viewing tips, and includes brief descriptions of ecological concepts critical to wildlife conservation in the Great Lakes State.Some sites listed in the guide are well-known around the world, such as Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and Seney National Wildlife Refuge. Others are relatively little known, such as Huron County Nature Center and Kitchel Dunes Preserve.Published in close cooperation with the National Heritage Program, Wildlife Division, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 10 percent of the profit from the Michigan Wildlife Viewing Guide will go to the Michigan Nongame Wildlife Fund to help preserve habitat and ensure that the state's natural splendor will be protected.

As the new chief of the Michigan Department of Conservation’s Fish Division in 1964, Howard A. Tanner was challenged to “do something . . . spectacular.” He met that challenge by leading the successful introduction of coho salmon into the Michigan waters of the Great Lakes. This volume illustrates how Tanner was able to accomplish this feat: from a detailed account of his personal and professional background that provided a foundation for success; the historical and contemporary context in which the Fish Division undertook this bold step to reorient the state’s fishery from commercial to sport; the challenges, such as resistance from existing government institutions and finding funding, that he and his colleagues faced; the risks they took by introducing a nonnative species; the surprises they experienced in the first season’s catch; to, finally, the success they achieved in establishing a world-renowned, biologically and financially beneficial sport fishery in the Great Lakes. Tanner provides an engaging history of successfully introducing Pacific salmon into the lakes from the perspective of an ultimate insider.

A history of Michigan's conservation efforts

True stories from the field by Michigan Conservation Officer John Borkovich. Included accounts of poaching, illegal fishing and hunting told by Award winning Dept. of Natural Resources officer.