If you’re looking for the perfect gift for the outdoor enthusiast on your holiday shopping list, or maybe for yourself, the DNR Outdoor Skills Academy can help.
Offering in-depth, expert instruction, gear and hands-on learning for a range of activities – from fishing and hunting to finding wild mushrooms – 2022 Outdoor Skills Academy classes are now available for purchase online.
“What to get the hunter or angler or nature lover who has everything? Send them to an Outdoor Skills Academy class!” said Ed Shaw, interpreter at the Carl T. Johnson Hunting and Fishing Center and originator of the OSA program. “Our classes offer more than just a brief taste of outdoor activities – we spend a full day or more teaching the needed skills to get out and confidently try them.”
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Ice fishing classes are among the 2022 Outdoor Skills Academy classes offered. For class dates, detailed descriptions and registration information, visit Michigan.gov/OutdoorSkills. (Photo courtesy of Michigan Department of Natural Resources)
2022 classes include:
A variety of ice-fishing classes, from beginner to advanced.
A fly-fishing clinic for beginners.
Steelhead and walleye fishing classes.
Clinics on finding and identifying edible wild mushrooms.
Classes about bear, deer and turkey hunting.
A fur trapping clinic.
A virtual class on feeding winter birds.
Cost for most of the classes is $30-45. Many of them will take place at the Carl T. Johnson Center, located inside Mitchell State Park in Cadillac, although a few classes are scheduled at other locations around the state and others may be added to the calendar throughout the year.
For class dates, detailed descriptions and registration information, visit Michigan.gov/OutdoorSkills.
Questions? Contact Ed Shaw at 231-779-1321.
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