United States

Summary: These sections lay out the creation, jurisdiction, powers and duties of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

Summary: These sections lay out the guidelines for sport fishing including legal fishing devices, the open season for each species as well as the minimum legal size requirement for each species of fish.

Summary: These sections place limitations on acreage held for sporting purposes and on acreage within 2 miles of other lands held for sporting purposes.

Summary: These sections lay out the regulations and prohibited acts with regard to foxes in captivity.

Summary: These sections describe the licensing of and regulations of breeders and dealers, including zoological parks. These sections also describe the parameters for enclosures and pens.

Summary: These sections describe the regulations for trapping for furs, hides and pelts. This includes the requirement for a fur dealer's license and for a monthly report of all pelts on hand.

Summary: These sections describe the powers of the Department of Natural Resources to regulate and even to close areas to hunting.

Summary: These sections set out the guidelines for private shooting preserves, including the species of wild animals and birds permitted to be hunted.

Summary: The following Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act sections lists which transgenic and non-native organisms are either restricted or prohibited in the state of Michigan. In addition to listing a species as prohibited or restricted, the statute also grants authority to the Commission of Natural Resources (for all species except insects or plants) and to the Commission of Agriculture (for insect and plant species only) to add or delete an organism from either list. The statute also provides exceptions—with qualifications—to possessing a restricted or prohibited species; provisions in which a person can introduce a prohibited or restricted species; and circumstances in which a person is not considered to be in possession of a restricted or prohibited species.

Summary: These sections describe the regulatory powers of the Department of Natural Resources in issuing conservation orders protecting fish, game, and birds.