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...
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...
By Courtney Barley Seney National Wildlife Refuge’s most famous pair has returned. The world’s oldest known loons, ABJ and Fe, successfully migrated back to the refuge this spring. Their arrival was verified by Visitor Services Specialist Jen Wycoff and Common Coast...
More than 200 miles of Lake Superior shoreline recently benefitted from a group effort that removed more than 10 tons of debris from the shoreline. The Superior Watershed Partnership (SWP) in cooperation with local partners, utilized funding awarded by the National...
Each winter, Michigan’s landscapes transition from bustling migration activity and bursts of color to leafless trees and frozen ground. This quiet season allows us to hear and see large feathered visitors from the north, such as snowy owls (pictured), boreal owls,...
By Bill Cook MSU Extension Forester and Biologist, retired Bewilderment often greets the dormant season forest visitor in terms of tree identification. However, that’s because most of us have been trained to look at only the leaves and are left unfamiliar with the...
