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“I want to fly like an eagle to the sea, fly like an eagle, let my spirit carry me,” – Steve Miller When twilight fades and the darkness falls, the movements of heavenly bodies and grandeur of the incredible nighttime skies come into their own. Way beyond midnight, it’s in those ...

The number of wolves

MARQUETTE — For the first time, researchers from Michigan State University and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources have successfully estimated Michigan’s wolf population using remote cameras deployed throughout the Upper Peninsula. The camera survey method, which began with a ...

Hunter Safety Education Week

MARQUETTE — Registration is open for more than 50 in-person hunter safety education classes, all taking place during the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Hunter Safety Education Week starting Monday and running through Aug. 16. These classes, held at locations around the state, ...

A garden escapee

KEWEENAW — It is prime season for outdoor recreation in the Keweenaw, but with that comes the risk of getting ticks, and consequently, Lyme disease. But did you know that there is a connection between the transmission of Lyme disease and the commonly planted ornamental invasive shrub ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

“The nighttime is the right time,” – Nappy Brown I stood silently in the quiet of the night, letting my eyes adjust to the change in brightness I had created by flipping a switch for the outside lights. In only a moment or so, I began to hear the somewhat familiar flapping sound of ...

Long live the sturgeon!

BARAGA COUNTY — Lake Sturgeon: The Living Fossils. They’ve earned this moniker not only because they first appeared in the fossil record at least 100 million years ago or because their bony scutes give them a dino-like appearance, but because of their long lives. According to previous ...