The Department of Natural Resources invites local residents to visit its new Customer Service Center at 2122 South M-37 in Traverse City, which opened to the public this week. A map to the new facility is available for download below.

The new office, which replaces the now-closed DNR office on Emerson Road Traverse City, is located three quarters of a mile south of Chums Corner. It is one of 11 full-service DNR customer service centers around the state.

These centers are open to the public Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., to help customers who want to buy a license, ask a question, learn about seasonal regulations, invite the DNR to participate in a school or community program, or simply learn more about Michigan's outdoor recreation opportunities.

Services the Traverse City Customer Service Center will provide include:

• Selling Recreation Passports; hunting, fishing and ORV licenses; and snowmobile and ORV trail permits.
  
  
• Issuing a variety of permits, including permits for hunters, anglers and ORV riders with disabilities, crop damage permits for farmers, and salvage permits for roadkill animals.
  
  
• Issuing temporary replacement hunter safety certificates.
  
  
• Directing customers to the nearest licensed wildlife rehabilitator for injured animals.

The Traverse City Customer Service Center's phone number is 231-922-5280.

Contact: Dave Graham, 989-732-3541