Aug 30, 2024 | Outdoors
By Katelyn Helsel On Saturday, September 14, 2024, Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC) will be hosting a dam improvement project in partnership with the Michigan DNR at the Blind Sucker Flooding in Luce County. This event will take place from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm...
Aug 27, 2024 | Outdoors
By Tim Callahan Birds build their nests in the strangest places, so I imagine the main goal I to stay high and dry and out of range of predators. A roof over ones’ head is all we really need, so why not right above my studio’s porch light! I was downstate working on a...
Aug 17, 2024 | Outdoors
By Tim Callahan On Saturday, August 3, the Michigan Duck Stamp Competition was held at the Bay City State Park in conjunction with the Saginaw Bay Waterfowl and Outdoor Festival held every year there to celebrate Michigan’s rich waterfowling tradition and history....
Aug 9, 2024 | Outdoors
With thick woody stems and large heart shaped leaves, Japanese Knotweed or more commonly known as Michigan Bamboo stands tall at roughly 10 feet in height. It inconspicuously houses a variety of songbirds and small mammals, but what you may not know is underground,...
Jul 11, 2024 | Outdoors
By Tim Callahan Wouldn’t it be great if we could program our dreams before we fell asleep? I’d select a dream of trout fishing on a small stream. I remember a dream I had of fishing and camping on the Peppermint Creek behind my grandparents’ home in Nesson City, a...
Jun 22, 2024 | Outdoors
The smelt dippers By Tim Callahan It’s April 10 and my journal says last year on this day, I got into a great run of smelt at 10:30 in the evening. What a difference a year makes with Mother Nature’s clock. My main goal then was to do a painting at the mouth of the...
