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Giving thanks to outdoor companions and opportunities

With the spirit of thanksgiving blowing across the landscape this week, pushed by a cold Canadian wind, I was reminded recently of something I have been truly thankful for over many years, though it’s not something I think about in detail too often. My recollections began when talking with a hunter who was having his deer checked at the DNR customer service center in Marquette on the opening day of the firearm deer hunting season. In our small talk about the relatively long distance he dragged his deer out of the woods, and a fisher that he had seen early that morning, the ...

DNR reminds hunters to report deer harvest online

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters across the state that deer harvest reporting is once again required this hunting season. Now in its second year, mandatory harvest reporting of all deer is designed to provide the most efficient and effective data for deer ...

TNC reopens road to Clark Mine

GRANT TOWNSHIP — After restricting vehicle usage of the Clark Mine road for several months due to heavy traffic, The Nature Conservancy on Nov. 1 opened the gates, which will remain open throughout the deer hunting and snowmobile seasons. Regular firearm deer hunting season annually begins runs from Nov. 15 to Nov. 30. According to uptravel.com, snowmobile season runs from December 1 through March 31. The Clark Mine trail, from near Estivant Pines to its eastern terminus at the Mandan Loop Road, had been closed to full-size vehicles, campers, and heavy trucks during peak visitor ...

‘Introspection, discovery and inspiration in nature’

The early morning sky was painted across the horizon line with a soft shade of orange I’d seen in push-up sherbet confections or the bands along the lower sides of autumn brook trout. Above the band of orange was a layer of almost white, trending to light blue and then darkening ...

Ornithological society to rename dozens of birds

Birds in North America will no longer be named after people, the American Ornithological Society announced Wednesday. Next year, the organization will begin to rename around 80 species found in the U.S. and Canada. “There is power in a name, and some English bird names have associations ...

DNR: Lake Linden snowmobile trail should open by Dec. 1

HOUGHTON — Closed since the Father’s Day Flood five years ago, the Department of Natural Resources snowmobile trail is scheduled to be open by the start of December. Only some minor work remains on the project, which spans about seven miles, said Ron Yesney, Upper Peninsula trails coordinator for the DNR. It included 186 repair sites, and 102 culverts that were either repaired or removed, Yesney said. “Mostly we’re just excited for the community and the businesses to have that community resource available again,” Yesney said. “I’m grateful for all the assistance that ...