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Outdoors North: Watching on at the silent passing

“Sixteen miles to seven lakes way up among the pines, in some hidden valley where the twirlin’ river twines,” – Gordon Lightfoot On another winter morning, overcast with skies the color of dirty mop water, the sunshine is on vacation somewhere down south. The maples, birches and ...

What’s Flying: Catching up with those flying friends

“In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, Snow on snow, Snow on snow, in the bleak midwinter, Long ago.” — Christina Rossetti “A good friend is a connection to life — a tie to the past, a road to the future, the ...

DNR weekly fishing report

Little Bay de Noc: Anglers reported a slight uptick in walleye catches with the onset of this past week’s warm up. However, walleye success was limited. Anglers reported the most success with set lines, baited with sucker minnows or shiners. Yellow perch anglers reported fair fishing, with ...

Eating snow cones or snow cream can be a winter delight, if done safely

CONCORD, N.H. — Take two snowballs and call me in the morning? Dr. Sarah Crockett, who specializes in emergency and wilderness medicine, doesn't explicitly tell her patients at New Hampshire's Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center to swallow snow, but she often prescribes more time outside. ...

DNR to livestream Michigan Natural Resources Commission meetings starting Wednesday

By the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Beginning with Wednesday’s meeting of the Michigan Natural Resources Commission, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources plans to livestream all NRC meetings in an effort to make it easier for the public to learn about the work of the commission and stay engaged on topics of interest. The commission meeting will start at 9:30 a.m. in Rooms M119-121 on the West Campus of Lansing Community College, 5708 Cornerstone Drive, in Lansing. The draft meeting agenda is available online; please note that the draft agenda could change ...

Outdoors North: Humbled by this majestic place

“I'm still carrying the gift you gave; it's a part of me now, it’s been cherished and saved; It'll be with me unto the grave and then unto eternity,” – Bob Dylan On a rainy and chilly afternoon, I parked my Jeep in an old sandy turnaround at the side of the two-track dirt road. I ...