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Efforts to remain present in life always pay off

As the hours, days, weeks and months roll past and into the rearview mirror, I think there is a tendency to take for granted the daily trappings of living. Despite my best efforts to remain present, aware and grateful each day, I can see myself maybe like a sparrow that gets used to seed ...

Buffalo Reef Task Force releases draft alternatives

Public comments are being accepted now through March 1 on the selected option and analysis of alternatives to protect Buffalo Reef in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula, according to a Tuesday release from the Department of Natural Resources’ Deputy public information officer John Pepin. The ...

Time to plug into nature

There is a sense that I sometimes get, especially while walking in the woods along an old, sandy two-track road or a grass-grown-over abandoned railroad line or when I’m visiting places that I haven’t been to in several months or years. It is a feeling that the road, the trees, the ...

Getting older and colder this winter

I return once again to this messy sanctuary of countless books and musical instruments, a soft couch and a sturdy wooden rocking chair. Outside my window, the night is cold enough to crack. It’s one of those times when walking on certain floors in the house I can feel the cold reach up ...

Learn about trapping at winter workshop

Hermansville ­— The Community Center in Hermansville will once again be filled with traps, trapping gear, the scent of lures, pelts, expert trappers, prizes and of course lots of youngsters eager to win prizes and learn how to be a trapper. This is the 19th year this event has been held. ...

Prune oaks in winter to prevent oak wilt

You probably aren’t thinking too much about yard work this time of year, but winter is the best time to do any pruning you have planned for your oak trees. If you want to trim back your oak trees, remove any branches, or even take down a tree for firewood or hazard management, winter is ...