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Outdoors

Outdoors North: John Pepin

“Here we stand upon the bridge, time is passing by. Time to tread the road ahead, time to say goodbye,” – Steve Gibbons Elbows, hooks, corners, turns, bends – all good names for those places in rivers and creeks where the direction of the water flow changes. These corners are ...

Before Brockway closes

EAGLE HARBOR — Brockway Mountain Drive is the tallest scenic drive between the Rocky and Allegheny Mountains. It’s Michigan’s crown jewel for scenic drives, ranking at the tallest in the state and the most scenic. Offering panoramic views of Lake Superior and the surrounding landscape, ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

“Summertime and the living is easy, fishing are jumping and the cotton is high,” – Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin Over the past few days, autumn has begun to unfurl its final vestiges of colors and kick before its tattered curtain is torn away, and November comes down ...

McBroom opposes license fee hikes

LANSING — The Michigan State Senate passed Senate Bills 276 and 277, Tuesday which includes increases to hunting and fishing license fees. The vote was 23-13, and one of the most vocal of the 13 "no votes" was Senator Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, who had a lot to say in his opposition to the bills. ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

“Scarecrow on a wooden cross, blackbird in the barn,” – John Mellencamp The first sound I heard after I slipped outside the back door that morning was the croaking squawk of an old raven. He sounded upset about the cold and the snow. I couldn’t blame him. It wasn’t even mid-October ...

Good news/bad news

ROCKLAND: The Ontonagon County Conservation District (OCCD) regular monthly meeting was held on Oct. at the Rockland Twp Hall. According to a OCCD press release the "Good News” at the meeting was that Michigan finally passed the 2026 Budget and Gov. Whitmer signed the appropriations act. ...