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Outdoors North: John Pepin

“Meet me on the mountain when the winter lays her head to rest,” – Gary Richrath As the gray morning wore on, I was heading west across the peninsula with a cold wind putting a snap in the springtime air. Watching the sides of the road, I was surprised to see many of the small creeks ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

“Bird on the horizon, sitting on a fence, he’s singing his song for me at his own expense,” – Bob Dylan Rolling along the highway with the window down, fence posts blur and the warm wind comes whipping inside the car, it swirls around me and goes out the open window on the passenger ...

Getting the latest

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources invites the public to attend upcoming in-person meetings this month in Ontonagon and Marquette counties to discuss fisheries regulation change proposals. The sessions include: Lake Gogebic proposed walleye regulation changes On Tuesday, April ...

Now is the time to get hunter safety certified

If you plan to take part in Michigan’s spring turkey season (April 19 through June 7) and you still need to take a hunter safety class, sign up soon. These classes are commonly offered ahead of the spring turkey season or in the fall before the start of firearm deer season. To purchase a ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

"I tried to comfort her, ah, but she would not be still and how the rain did fall as I found my way back down the Redwood Hill,” – Gordon Lightfoot It was in the very early morning hours when I slipped outside the back door to the yard to look at the “blood moon” – a full lunar ...

Be prepared, time doesn’t wait for anyone

“Autumn this year is gonna break my heart, leaves start falling and the feeling starts.” — Steve Forbert I remember fondly the olden times when I was a kid leaving the house on my bike for a day of fishing along the creek. My younger brother and I would stick the cork handles of ...