From the Escanaba Daily Press
New DNR chief aims to boost hunting
December 6, 2010
LANSING (AP) - The incoming director of Michigan's reorganized natural resources agency said he wants to reverse a steady decline in the number of people who hunt and fish in the state.
Gov.-elect Rick Snyder has named Rodney Stokes as director of the Department of Natural Resources. The incoming Republican governor is dividing the old Department of Natural Resources and Environment into two agencies. Dan Wyant will head the new Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality.
Stokes told The Detroit News he wants to do something about the slow but continuing drop in the number of people buying fishing and hunting licenses in Michigan.
He said he wants to expand the focus of the department's recruitment efforts beyond young people and encourage adults to take their neighbors hunting or fishing.
Stokes also said he has no plan to increase license fees, set in 1996.
Splitting up the WDNR could be a first step.
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