The DNR provides 400,000 Arctic grayling eggs to Native American tribes to stock in rivers as reintroduction plan moves ahead.

They used to be the most abundant fish in the state, according to the Michigan Arctic Grayling Initiative, but years of overfishing and the introduction of non-native species like brown trout played ...

Brown trout are noted to be a threat to grayling in terms of predation and competition. Eisch said brown trout are a “significant stumbling block” for reintroduction efforts. In 2019 ...

They were the only salmon that were in a lot of the famous so-called trout streams we have now. They had abundant populations of arctic grayling." DNR Fisheries Biologist Mark Tonello said.

Archie Martell, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Fisheries Division manager, said that in their heyday, grayling were the predominant salmonid in all of the Lower Peninsula’s trout streams.

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Rivers like the Au Sable, Manistee, and Muskegon floated logs to sawmills, destroying the Arctic grayling’s habitat. Overfishing and the introduction of brown trout also hurt grayling populations.