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Outdoors

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 our ...

Fallen apple trees, warm campfire

“Even though it’s snowing, love is up there growing in the magic tree.” — Steve Forbert I remember that late winter day very well. The night before, a storm packing heavy wet snow had come through the area, weighing down the branches of anything growing with a thick, white ...

Fire danger elevated in UP

Burn permits for brush and yard debris will not be issued in the western Upper Peninsula due to an extended dry period this fall. “The western portion of the Upper Peninsula is starting to see drought conditions, and fires that have occurred are taking a significant amount of time to ...

Fishing Lake Superior this fall? Report marked splake to MDNR

The fall fishing season for splake is coming soon! Splake fishing in the fall on Lake Superior is an experience unmatched anywhere else in the state. As temperatures drop and leaves begin to change, the splake bite picks up as the fish move nearshore. Splake — a hybrid cross between lake ...

Memories of making firewood

Spring, summer and fall are great months to get out the whole family working together on making firewood. Nothing is more essential than making firewood in the Copper Country. We need it. We love it. The cold weather here demands it. When frosty days and nights come, firewood heat is the best ...