Part Three: Testing your kayak’s stability This is one in a series of staff writer Graham Jaehnig’s personal experiences as a beginner kayaker. In comparing kayaks, introductory models are said to offer more primary stability than touring and sea kayaks. There are two types of ...

From a weary world of blue-black skies and gathering darkness, I stood alone in the woods along the riverbank. There hadn’t been much happening in any real sense as I walked the narrow angler’s trail, casting and reeling, hoping for a bite on my bait. Other than a handful of fish too ...

By Graham Jaehnig gjaehnig@mininggazette.com BARAGA COUNTY — The Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) has announced the temporary closure of the the company’s fishing pier facility at Prickett Reservoir. The pier will be closed to the public from Monday, Aug. 21 through Friday, Aug. 25, ...

By: Dr. Sigrid Resh, Coordinator, Keweenaw Invasive Species Management Area, and Research Assistant Professor, Michigan Technological University (scresh@mtu.edu); Erin Mauk, completed Wildlife Ecology and Conservation undergrad degree, Michigan Technological University ...

By Evan Andrews, Erin Mauk, Sigrid Resh and Michigan Technological University KISMA Invasive species have the potential to cause harm to the environment, the economy, and human health. Wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is one of the invasive plants managed by the Keweenaw Invasive Species ...

“Babe, I’ve got to ramble, you know I’ve always got to ramble.” – Anne Bredon I was headed east and south from the once-great copper mining lands scattered up and down hills and ridges across the western part of this still rugged and wild region. As I often will, I took a turn ...