DNR and Native American tribes aim to reintroduce arctic grayling to Michigan rivers

January 27, 2025

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), in collaboration with Native American tribes, is working to restore Arctic grayling to Michigan rivers. This effort, starting with the release of 400,000 eggs in May, aims to reestablish self-sustaining populations of the fish, which vanished from the state in 1936.

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