Conservation officers in Michigan's Upper Peninsula crack down on illegal bear baiting, enforce hunting regulations and issue citations for foul-hooked fish and license violations.
Officers use a deer decoy to catch trespassers, seize illegally imported deer at the border during the busy hunting season, and patrol lakes to ensure safe boating practices.
Officers patrol the Detroit River during walleye season, seizing undersized fish and citing unlicensed anglers; officers check waterfowl hunters and make a late-night stop.
Features the lives of men and women who are making the Michigan wilderness and landscape a safer place for not only animals, but humans alike.
Officers safeguard waterfowl, patrol ice fishers and snowmobilers; they also monitor off-road vehicle activity; the Department of Natural Resources relocates a historic lakeside building from an eroding bluff.
Officers patrol waterfowl hunters on state lands, investigate potential DUIs and trespassing during firearm deer season, and come together for a charity ice hockey game to support their community.
Follow Michigan Conservation Officers as they protect and patrol the most precious natural resources in one of the nation's most remote areas.
Officers investigate a timber contract violation and patrol Michigan's deer season; a Warden's videographer joins a DNR program that empowers women to explore outdoor hobbies and conservation.
Follow Michigan Conservation Officers as they protect and patrol some precious natural resources in one of the most remote areas of nation.
The lives of men and women who are making the Michigan wilderness and landscape a safer place for not only animals, but humans alike.
Officers patrol elk hunters and regulate the elk population, teach outdoor skills to kids at a pocket park, enforce traffic laws and monitor ice fishing activity and ice conditions.
Following Michigan Conservation Officers as they protect and patrol natural resources in a remote area.
Following Michigan Conservation Officers as they protect and patrol the most precious natural resources in one of the nation's most remote areas.
Michigan conservation officers monitor elk hunters across early and late seasons; a blind hunter secures a prized bear tag with help from a group of kids and veterans; officers patrol snowmobilers and ice anglers braving frigid conditions.
February marks the start of Michigan's rare lake sturgeon fishing season; it's the only time hunters can legally use spears to catch these prehistoric fish; conservation rules are strict-only six fish can be caught from among several hundred anglers.
Michigan's firearm deer season kicks off, marking the busiest patrol time for conservation officers; in the days leading up, they search for violators using illegal deer shining tactics, ensuring a fair and legal hunt across the state.
Michigan conservation officers patrol state land, ensuring hunting blinds are properly marked and removed at season's end; they discover a blind with multiple violations, sparking an investigation into the hunter's compliance with regulations.