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Whitmer’s budget includes outdoor projects

LANSING — On Thursday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer celebrated the passage of the balanced and bipartisan budget for fiscal year 2027 that includes $45 million in Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund grants for 75 land acquisition and park development projects across the state, leveraging ...

August is Tree Check Month.

LANSING — Michigan’s Invasive Species Program and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) are asking the public to look for and report signs of the invasive Asian longhorned beetle. Each year, APHIS declares August as Tree Check Month ...

Best Rivers in the State

Editor's note: his story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com. DETROIT — When Bridge Michigan decided to launch the River Awards as part of a summer-long series on rivers, we didn’t know which ...

A Great Lakes legacy

SAULT STE. MARIE – Most avid anglers can only dream about the exotic places where they would love to land their next big fish. Richard Barch, of Tecumseh, Mich. is one of those lucky outdoorsmen who has been able to fish and hunt in many places around the world, including some of these ...

Shining bright

Calumet TOWNSHIP– Earlier this month, the Houghton Keweenaw Conservation District (HKCD) welcomed the public to its Diamond Jubilee celebration at Calumet Township's Waterworks Park as the organization turned 75 this year. Though the organization has changed leadership many times over the ...

Outdoors North

“Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong,” – John Denver I had just pulled out of the drive-through line and grabbed my container of French fries out of the paper bag. I hit the highway like a man possessed, and by that, I mean I felt like I was breaking down inside, becoming ...