Aug 25, 2021 | Outdoors
Looking for an outdoor side hustle? Collecting a bushel of pine cones next month will net you $75 and help the Michigan Department of Natural Resources plant trees in state forests. Sept. 1 – 30, 2021, you can pick red pine cones and drop them off by appointment...
Aug 18, 2021 | Outdoors
Fall migration is truly a magical time, as waterfowl, waterbirds, shorebirds, songbirds and raptors pass through Michigan on their trips south to their wintering grounds. Michigan lies at the intersection of two migration “superhighways,” the Mississippi and Atlantic,...
Aug 11, 2021 | Outdoors
Four men, some wearing baseball caps, pose with a new state-record Chinook salmon on a scale. Using a Moonshine raspberry carbon spoon lure this past weekend, an angler from Ortonville, Michigan, turned in a new state-record fish! Luis Ricardo Hernandez Martinez was...
Aug 4, 2021 | Outdoors
By James A. Surrell, M.D. We are well into our wonderful Upper Peninsula summer season, when local folks and many tourists take the opportunity to visit and enjoy our magnificent natural resources. Today, let’s take another look at some fun facts of just two of these...
Jul 28, 2021 | Outdoors
The wait is over! You can pick up your 2020 deer patch at one of the DNR customer service centers** or field offices listed below, while supplies last. After a long closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these offices have reopened to the public three days a week....
Jul 21, 2021 | Outdoors
By Carol Stiffler Camping space is coveted at the Luce County Park and Campground. Luce County Parks and Recreation Director Ben Rahilly says the campground, which is full, receives 20-25 phone calls a day from people who want to camp there, and Rahilly himself gets...
