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Outdoors North: John Pepin

“I was in your presence for an hour or so, or was it a day, I truly don’t know – where the sun never set, where the trees hung low, by that soft and shining sea,” – Bob Dylan In that morning time, in those seemingly sacred hours, the lake was flat, stark and magnificent. There was ...

Help wanted

ESCANABA – The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is seeking mentors and volunteers to assist in staffing the DNR’s Pocket Park during the Upper Peninsula State Fair, which runs from Aug. 11-17. “So the Upper Peninsula Pocket Park is a state park located at the U.P. State fairgrounds,” said Pocket Park interpreter Sims. “We are open in the summer and offer free fishing, archery, and more. Hopefully to give people new skills for outdoor adventure. We are only a 1 acre park, our fishing pond has over 2,000 fish in it like perch, rock bass, gold and shiners. It is a super ...

Outdoors North

“The empty rooms where her memory is protected, where the angels’ voices whisper to the souls of previous times,” – Bob Dylan It was a summer day like today, many, many years ago, when the first sounds from that grand masterpiece came rolling across my brain. Those intricate lyrics, ...

Seeking input

ONTONAGON — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Western Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Council is scheduled to hear an outlook on state parks in the western Upper Peninsula and receive updates on the DNR’s wolf abundance trail camera survey and moose research study when the council meets this month in Ontonagon. The meeting will take place from 6 to 8:30 p.m. (EDT) Thursday, at the Lake Superior Sportsmen’s Club’s conference room, located at 31433 M-64, Ontonagon. Additional business includes reports from various DNR division staff, old business items and ...

Outdoors North

“I’ve got my beach bag full of all the necessary items for a day in the sun,” – John D. Loudermilk If I close my eyes, I can still see, hear and feel them all there, whoever they were – the people lining the sandy shore, sitting on brightly colored blankets and towels, party ...

Crucial Data

LANSING — If you were out on the water last year, you may have seen some of your fishing license dollars hard at work — in the form of Michigan Department of Natural Resources fisheries management units busily completing more than 280 fisheries surveys across the state. Crews completed 179 ...