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‘Introspection, discovery and inspiration in nature’

The early morning sky was painted across the horizon line with a soft shade of orange I’d seen in push-up sherbet confections or the bands along the lower sides of autumn brook trout. Above the band of orange was a layer of almost white, trending to light blue and then darkening ...

Ornithological society to rename dozens of birds

Birds in North America will no longer be named after people, the American Ornithological Society announced Wednesday. Next year, the organization will begin to rename around 80 species found in the U.S. and Canada. “There is power in a name, and some English bird names have associations ...

DNR: Lake Linden snowmobile trail should open by Dec. 1

HOUGHTON — Closed since the Father’s Day Flood five years ago, the Department of Natural Resources snowmobile trail is scheduled to be open by the start of December. Only some minor work remains on the project, which spans about seven miles, said Ron Yesney, Upper Peninsula trails coordinator for the DNR. It included 186 repair sites, and 102 culverts that were either repaired or removed, Yesney said. “Mostly we’re just excited for the community and the businesses to have that community resource available again,” Yesney said. “I’m grateful for all the assistance that ...

Charging my battery within the magic of nature

I’ve been reminded over the past few weeks of days I spent in California while attending college and graduate school. While I loved those years that I lived out there, there certainly were times when the sprawling city and its noise and people, people, people became too much for me. On ...

Experiencing the unique frequency of autumn

“Trumpets sound and I hear thunder boom, every time that you walk in the room.” – Jackie DeShannon There’s a sense or a presence – a frequency or vibration – that most of us can feel when we walk into a room – good, bad or otherwise. We can tell whether the vibes are cool or ...

Autumn rushes in, winter waits in the wings

There is something about the wind and the air over the past few days that tells me that wintertime is lurking not too far around the corner. It’s as though the entire atmosphere across these Great North Woods, boreal forests and far up into the Northwest Territories is being drawn into ...