Apr 7, 2025 | Outdoors
As the weather warms, thousands of hungry black bears across northern Michigan will leave their dens and go hunting for food that could include bird seed, pet food and garbage. Wildlife experts from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources urge residents to be...
Apr 1, 2025 | Outdoors
By Tim Callahan It all started last November when I was crossing the Big Mac. I prefer to cross the bridge after midnight. I usually have the whole bridge to myself, and I can have a short conversation with the toll attendant with nobody behind me. “Have you seen the...
Mar 29, 2025 | Outdoors
Michigan DNR The moose population in Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula has been a topic of interest for decades, with residents and researchers eager to track their numbers, locations, and the possibility of a future hunting season. Despite a reintroduction effort in...
Mar 25, 2025 | Outdoors
By Lauren Burton My, how the years fly by! Established in 1935, the Seney National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, and they want to celebrate by hearing YOUR stories from the refuge. Hundreds of thousands of people from across the...
Mar 18, 2025 | Outdoors
By Tim Callahan It’s been on my list of places to paint. I’ve driven by the dirt road that leads to Vermilion Point on my way to Whitefish Point several times, saying to myself “One of these days…” I’ve heard there’s wild cranberries there, along with one of the first...
Mar 14, 2025 | Outdoors
For the first time in more than a century, cougar cubs have been confirmed to be living in the wilds of Michigan. On Wednesday, state biologists verified the existence of two cougar cubs on private land in Ontonagon County, located in the western Upper Peninsula. The...
