MARQUETTE, MI-- The Michigan Natural Resources Commission is holding public input sessions on proposed deer regulations over the next couple of months.
Hunting regulation changes include a ban on baiting and feeding for the Chronic Wasting Disease Core Surveillance Area in Dickinson, Menominee and Delta counties.
The list of Upper Peninsula meetings are as follows:
--May 22, 2019: Upper Peninsula DNR Listening Session: 1-3 p.m. EDT. Michigan Technological University, Memorial Union Building, Houghton. Comments will be recorded and provided to the NRC. NRC Chairwoman Vicki Pontz is scheduled to attend.
--May 22, 2019: DNR Western Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Council meeting: 5:30-8 p.m. EDT, Michigan Technological University, Memorial Union Building, Houghton. A brief update from the May 9 NRC meeting will be presented, along with other topics. Public comment on all topics occurs during this regularly scheduled meeting.
--June 10, 2019: Upper Peninsula DNR Listening Session: 2-4 p.m. EDT. Munising Township Hall, Wetmore. Comments will be recorded and provided to the NRC. NRC Commissioner Dave Nyberg is scheduled to attend.
--June 10, 2019: DNR’s Eastern Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Council meeting: 6-8:30 p.m. EDT, Munising Township Hall, Wetmore. Munising Township Hall, Wetmore. A brief update from the May 9 NRC meeting will be presented, along with other topics. Public comment on all topics occurs during this regularly scheduled meeting.
For more information on the DNR’s recommended regulations, go to Michigan.gov/NRC, click on the May 9 meeting agenda, then click where the regulations are listed.
