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Outdoors

Outdoors North: John Pepin

“The trees bend because of the wind across that lonesome border, the trees bend because of the wind almost all the time,” – Joe Ely It was one of those days when being out in the woods meant being careful, being aware, being concerned. With October fading fast in the rearview mirror, ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

“Here we stand upon the bridge, time is passing by. Time to tread the road ahead, time to say goodbye,” – Steve Gibbons Elbows, hooks, corners, turns, bends – all good names for those places in rivers and creeks where the direction of the water flow changes. These corners are ...

Before Brockway closes

EAGLE HARBOR — Brockway Mountain Drive is the tallest scenic drive between the Rocky and Allegheny Mountains. It’s Michigan’s crown jewel for scenic drives, ranking at the tallest in the state and the most scenic. Offering panoramic views of Lake Superior and the surrounding landscape, ...

Weekly fishing report

Here's the weekly fishing report from the Department of Natural Resources for the Upper Peninsula as of Wednesday, Oct. 29 Ontonagon River: The river saw very little angling activity over the past week. The floating docks in the Ontonagon Marina had been removed from the river for the season, ...

McBroom opposes license fee hikes

LANSING — The Michigan State Senate passed Senate Bills 276 and 277, Tuesday which includes increases to hunting and fishing license fees. The vote was 23-13, and one of the most vocal of the 13 "no votes" was Senator Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, who had a lot to say in his opposition to the bills. ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

“Summertime and the living is easy, fishing are jumping and the cotton is high,” – Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin Over the past few days, autumn has begun to unfurl its final vestiges of colors and kick before its tattered curtain is torn away, and November comes down ...