Jun 20, 2024 | Outdoors
From the Michigan DNR The 2024 winter wolf population survey estimate from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources found a minimum of 762 wolves in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. This year’s estimate showed an increase of 131 animals compared to the 2022 estimate of...
Jun 13, 2024 | Outdoors
By Bill Cook MSU Extension Forester and Biologist, retired Disturbance is disturbing to many people, especially when it comes to forests. Folks like things as they are, or as they think they are. When something changes the visual quality of a forest, the fan gets hit....
May 31, 2024 | Outdoors
By Tim Callahan It was the 1930s in America – the Dust Bowl had dried up most of the Midwest’s marshes and ponds. The ducks were in big trouble; so were a lot of Americans. An idea was born to have a duck stamp to raise money for waterfowl habitat. Since its...
May 16, 2024 | Outdoors
By Kristie Sitar What is that noise in the dark, you ask? You hear it every spring in the opening behind your house just as it gets dark, and you think it could be some kind of bird. Could it be an American Woodcock? Or a Snipe winnowing? Or maybe a Whip-poor-will?...
May 3, 2024 | Outdoors
Monarch butterflies are on their way back from Mexico – will your yard be ready to host them? What is needed in your waystation and how do you certify it? Join us to learn more about creating and certifying your garden as a Monarch Waystation! A $5 registration fee...
Apr 27, 2024 | Outdoors
By Jayne Roohr For the third year in a row, Newberry DNR Wildlife Division staff offered a Youth in the Outdoors survey to local youth. From November 13, 2023 to January 12, 2024, the staff collected surveys to gain an understanding of what types of outdoor activities...
