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By Louie Stout
If you’ve been using a Michigan public access this summer, you’ve probably noticed new signs posted at the ramp indicating that you are now required to have the state’s Recreation Passport Sticker on your license plate to use that site or be ticketed.
Here’s why: In 2018, the Michigan DNR Director issued an order that required passport stickers at most public access sites.
For several years, the state has managed pay sites at some of the larger public boat launches (like Diamond Lake in Cass County).
On weekends and holidays, there is a DNR person there to check your vehicle for the passport sticker which is applied to your license plates. Without it, you must pay the daily fee.
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MDNR Report
Canada Lynx Released Safely to the Wild in Upper Peninsula
With a casual glance or two back, a Canada lynx left its holding carrier in under a minute last week and trotted off over the snow into a stand of pine trees in central Schoolcraft County.
The lynx had been brought north to be released in a cooperative venture by the Michigan DNR and the Detroit Zoological Society.
"It went perfectly," said John DePue, a DNR wildlife biologist who supervised the release of the cat. "She didn't dart out of the carrier like some other animals would have, but that's pretty typical lynx behavior."
The lynx - an animal only rarely seen in Michigan - had been making headlines since it was discovered about a month earlier on a farm in Sanilac County.
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By Louie Stout
If you boat in Michigan, you better take note of a new law that went into effect last month.
The newly-amended Michigan Natural Resources Environmental Protection Act now makes it an offense if you launch a boat in Michigan waters with any aquatic plant attached.
Violators face up to a $100 fine. The law is designed to help protect Michigan waters from the spread of aquatic invasive species.
In addition, you are required to remove all drain plugs from bilges, ballast tanks and livewells before leaving the ramp.