MARQUETTE—“Ask the DNR” returns to WNMU-TV Channel 13 in the Upper Peninsula Thursday, April 19, at 8 p.m. Eastern Time.
 The show will focus on the trout fishing opener, changes to fishing regulations for 2012 and spring wildlife activity.

  The hour-long program features a panel of Department of Natural Resources employees taking questions from viewers who call in during the live show to 800-227-9668, or submit email questions before Thursday, April 19, to DNR communications representative Debbie Munson Badini at munsonbadinid@michigan.gov.
  Questions are answered live on the show; any questions not answered before the end of the episode will be answered by phone call to the viewer.
  Thursday’s show will feature Denny Gast, a conservation officer from Houghton County; Kevin Swanson, a wildlife biologist from Shingleton; and Darren Kramer, a fisheries biologist from Escanaba.