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Michigan DNR

DNR to lift baiting ban in UP’s CWD zone

The Upper Peninsula Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance Zone — which includes parts of Delta, Dickinson and Menominee counties — will be removed beginning with this year’s hunting seasons, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said. As a result, hunters in this area can resume ...

Unplugged? Remembering a technology-free world

“This old world so strange, you know she’s changing.” – Steve Gibbons It’s a strange world we live in, especially in the developed world, where things like reliable availability of electricity are expected. If the lights go out, we humans react in various ways. For some of us, we ...

Outdoors North: ‘Good riddance’ to winter; seasonal signs spring up

“They say hope it springs eternal in a young man’s breast and every time you turn around they’re puttin’ it to the test.” – Steve Forbert As I looked up the slope, I could see snow on the ground had slowly receded into a narrow and thin, irregular shape of cold, white ...

Angling towards the river, anticipating fishing season

There’s a traditional ritual I go through about this time each year. In between the first day of spring and the last Saturday in April opening day of trout season, I go through my tackle bag to reorganize and restock depleted items. I am sure this idea sounds as interesting to some ...

Time slips away and stretches ahead, don’t miss it

The calendar has slipped under my feet again like a carpet runner on a polished wood floor. I didn’t even have any time to get my hands out in front of me to break my fall. Where have the last two months gone? I saw them up ahead in the distance. I blinked once and they were reflections ...