(In recent days) along a snow-covered highway near the Schoolcraft-Luce county line, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Jason Ruth pulled his vehicle over to the side of the road. DNR wildlife biologist Kristie Sitar had arrived there in her truck too. Sometime ...

It’s a cold, early morning when I glance up to see the sunshine glinting off the ice-clear, curved glass on the dome of this snow-globe place we live in, here amid these mighty and enchanting North Woods. I’ve been outside taking in a few pensive moments for myself, while absorbing the ...

MARQUETTE — For the third year in a row, Michigan’s recycling rate has hit a record-high, according to the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. Michigan’s recycling rate has risen from about 14% before 2019 to over 23% now. Officials say they expect the state will reach a ...

Probably back to the earliest times people have been creating images of wildlife, deer have been one of the constants. As far back as the cave paintings of Lascaux in France, which date to somewhere around 20,000 years ago, deer — specifically stags — are represented no less than 90 ...

MARQUETTE — The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is placing quarantines around Michigan to contain an outbreak of invasive species, mainly by way of transporting firewood infested with pests. Laurel Downs, the forest health conservation coordinator for the national Don’t ...

A wintry wind blew the snow in, and it piled up rather quickly. I had been busy working in my study/studio and had my head down with my nose to the grindstone. When I am concentrating on something, time whips by. I only noticed the weather outside when I would make occasional trips to the ...