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Outdoors

Tight lines!

LANSING — While it may not feel like it, spring fishing is finally here. Wednesday, April 1, was the official kickoff to the new fishing license year in Michigan. Grab your gear and invite someone new to join you and share the fishing experience! Before you hit the water, make sure to ...

It’s natural

MARQUETTE — After a winter with variable temperatures and lots of snow, you may see dead fish or other aquatic animals in Michigan lakes and streams as water warms up and ice and snow cover melt. The Department of Natural Resources reminds everyone that, while such sights can be startling, it ...

UP timber project awarded $50K

BRIMLEY — A long-term care facility planned by the Bay Mills Indian Community in the Upper Peninsula community of Brimley is the latest mass timber project in Michigan to receive funding and technical expertise provided by the Michigan Mass Timber Catalyst Program. The project will receive ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

"But my words like silent raindrops fell, within the wells of silence,” – Paul Simon As the shadows fell and the world turned, I watched the stars – in their intriguing constellations – move across the cold skies of a late winter’s March night. I made my observations over a period of ...

Help your trees recover from another March storm

MARQUETTE — March madness has taken on a different meaning in parts of northern Michigan and the U.P. over the past two years. Strong winter storms hit the landscape and communities in March 2025 and again this week, coating (or burying) trees and forests in heavy layers of ice and snow. Many ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

“I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment’s gone. All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity,” – Kerry Livgren She stared right into my eyes from the black-and-white photograph. She wore a child’s romper and a bucket hat as she stood in grass along the edge of a ...