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Outdoors North: John Pepin

“Autumn this year is gonna break my heart, the leaves start falling and the feeling starts,” – Steve Forbert The rain seemed undecided, not sure whether it felt like delivering itself to the earth below or not. Maybe the rain has lazy days too? Nothing more than a faint mist was falling ...

Don’t Move Firewood

LANSING — The Michigan Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development and Natural Resources are reminding consumers to not move firewood long distances this holiday weekend to help prevent the spread of invasive insects and plant diseases. The agencies are also working to expand access to ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

“My transistor radio comes from far away; and when it's night over here, over there, it's breakin' day,” – Bob Morris and Faye Morris It was evening, about an hour or so before dark would descend, when I set out on a walk to enjoy the natural experience around me. I was with our recent ...

Copper Shores awards recreation grants

HANCOCK — Copper Shores announced Thursday it was awarding more than $600,000 in recreation-based grants to three entities in the Copper Country — Swedetown Trails Club, Copper Harbor Trails Club and the Mountain Lions Club. Copper Shores Director of Marketing and Donor Relations Michael ...

Whitmer’s budget includes outdoor projects

LANSING — On Thursday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer celebrated the passage of the balanced and bipartisan budget for fiscal year 2027 that includes $45 million in Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund grants for 75 land acquisition and park development projects across the state, leveraging ...

August is Tree Check Month.

LANSING — Michigan’s Invasive Species Program and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) are asking the public to look for and report signs of the invasive Asian longhorned beetle. Each year, APHIS declares August as Tree Check Month ...