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Outdoors

A growing problem: Managing invasive buckthorns in the Keweenaw

Some human impacts on the land eventually fade into memory. Ruins crumble and are reclaimed by the soil. Old logging roads are filled in as forests regenerate. Others, however, do not fade, but instead grow over time—setting off a cascade of rapid change. Common buckthorn (Rhamnus ...

Michigan researchers, boaters count on NOAA data. Trump wants to cut $1.3B

This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com. Some groups that do research and collect data on the Great Lakes face existential threats as the federal budgeting process for the National Oceanic ...

Be careful out there

MARQUETTE — Put down those matches. With fire danger levels extreme across the majority of the Upper Peninsula, these are not the days to burn. Leave yard waste piled for a later day, watch your camp or cooking fire and make sure it is completely out when you’re done. Be careful when using ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

“I look up to you 'cause nothin' else makes any sense now. I look up to you 'cause ev'rything else brings me down. I look up to you and all of your stars up there twinkling. I look up to you and all of the wise things you know,” – Steve Forbert It’s a warm evening – late. I’m ...

Michigan bald eagle success story faces new threats

This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com. The number of bald eagles in Michigan is declining, and funding delays aren’t helping the cause. Researchers who have spent decades climbing ...