LANSING — A new coyote hunting and trapping season designed to address interspecies conflict and overabundance of the animals in Michigan will run for more than seven months starting next week. The statewide coyote management season, approved earlier this year by the Natural Resources ...

“One more cup of coffee before I go to the valley below,” – Bob Dylan By this time, in late February, the winter’s falling snow dancing on the wind before landing on every available surface, has lost its charm. In these days, especially those when the snow continues to pile up, I ...

“Some quiet evening, I sit by your side and we’re lost in a world of our own,” – Ben Raleigh and Sherman Edwards It was that instant mashed potato flake kind of snow – soft and fluffy, and it was piling up high as the nighttime moved slowly past. I was looking out the upstairs window ...

“In the wintertime, when all the leaves are brown and the wind blows (so chill) and the birds have all flown for the summer, I’m calling, hear me calling, hear me calling, ahh,” – Steve Miller A crow glides over a snow-covered farm field, its black and glossy wings outstretched. The ...

BARAGA — Michigan Department of Natural Resources trails officials with the Parks and Recreation Division are urging snowmobilers to use caution at a water hazard along Trail No. UP8 in Baraga County. Earlier this week, a stream unexpectedly rose and overflowed its banks. Water is over the ...

LANSING — Michigan's cold winter temperatures have made for good ice fishing conditions, but anglers on the ice targeting walleye or other fish may unexpectedly find themselves with a lake sturgeon on the line. When that happens, releasing the sturgeon as quickly as possible is essential ...