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Outdoors North: John Pepin

“Blue autumn, there’s a rainbow in the sky, but no matter how hard I try, I still see only shades of blue,” – Bobby Goldsboro Not long after the sound of my car door shutting stopped reverberating through the quiet woods, I heard a light tapping sound off to my left as I began ...

Beauty on the bend

Editor's note: This article was originally published in Showcasing the DNR, a publication of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources ONTONAGON COUNTY — We’re carefully walking single-file across a narrow, wood-planked bridge at the south end of Mirror Lake – steps from where ...

Swap ’em

HOUGHTON — With the first snow of the season in the air yesterday, it may be time to turn in old gear and purchase something new. The Copper Country Ski Tigers are hosting their annual Ski Gear Swap from 11:30 a.m. thru 1 p.m., today at Houghton High School. Club President Traci Webb said ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

When I turned into the parking lot, it was a couple of hours before sunset, which meant it would be great timing for hitting the water for some salmon or brown trout fishing before darkness would be dropping fast. Over the past three evenings, I have been down here to this big lake tributary ...

U.P. wildfires back in the news

HANCOCK — Strong winds last weekend fueled existing blazes and sparked two new wildfires across the Upper Peninsula, requiring a joint response from Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) crews and local township fire departments. According to a recent DNR release, winds ...

CWD in Marinette County

MARINETTE COUNTY, WISCONSIN — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) has confirmed the first positive test result for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer in Marinette County near Peshtigo. On Thursday, the WDNR reported the disease was detected in a three-year-old ...