Michigan’s endangered pollinators

Jun 23, 2021 | Outdoors

Michigan Department of Natural Resources When we say “pollinator,” the image of a honeybee probably pops into your head. But many other species are essential pollinators, too. There are more than 450 species of native wild bee in Michigan and around 4,000 in the U.S....

Lubben/Rohloff win Veteran Bass Classic

Jun 16, 2021 | Outdoors

The team of boater Colter Lubben and Luce County Veteran Ken Rohloff won the 4th Annual Luce County Veterans Appreciation Bass Classic on South Manistique Lake, Sunday, June 13 with a five-fish limit weighing 13.04 pounds. Lubben and Rohloff won the $650 first place...

DNR asks anglers to report muskellunge catches

Jun 9, 2021 | Outdoors

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking those who fish for muskellunge to help with its ongoing efforts to investigate these fish through the DNR’s online muskie angler survey. Since 2014, this survey has gathered information about muskie angler...

DNR Becoming an Outdoors Woman shifts summer gathering to fall

Jun 3, 2021 | Outdoors

The traditional June summer workshop for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Becoming an Outdoors Woman program is being moved for this year to Sept. 10-12 at a new location. The BOW program gives women, 18 and older, an opportunity to improve their outdoors...

Finding Forester?

May 5, 2021 | Outdoors

By Bill Cook Forestowners have a ridiculously cool set of resources at their fingertips. They have good reasons for ownership. Yet, nearly always, there is so much more. You might have recently acquired forestland or, perhaps, have owned a parcel for quite a while. At...