March, 2017

In early November, three Michigan lakes were stocked with Arctic grayling. Four hundred grayling were stocked at Alger County’s West Johns Lake, 300 at Penegor Lake in Houghton County and nearly 1,300 in Manistee County’s Pine Lake.

At the October 2023 Escanaba Michigan Natural Resources Commission, Arctic grayling regulations were changed to legalize catch-and-release fishing, effective Friday, October 13, 2023.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians and Michigan Technological University have received a Consumers Energy Foundation grant of $117,175 to support efforts to bring back the extirpated Arctic Grayling.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, in partnership with the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, has announced a proposed initiative that aims to bring back an extirpated species to the state – Arctic grayling.

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