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Friday: Outdoors

Outdoors North: I must return, as the game has now begun

“Cobwebs and dust, I hate to leave you but leave you I must,” – Gordon Lightfoot It’s late in the wee, wee hours and I have spent the last few moments on the inside looking out — glancing through window glass from the near side of the kitchen sink, trying to get a feel for what it ...

US national parks are receiving record-high gift of $100 million

PORTLAND, Maine — The official nonprofit organization of the National Park Service is set to receive the largest grant in its history, a $100 million gift the fundraising group described as transformative for the country’s national parks. The National Park Foundation, which Congress ...

DNR weekly fishing report

Keweenaw Bay/Huron Bay: Anglers this last week had a difficult time finding a good day to get on Lake Superior with the strong winds and weather. Anglers who were able to find a few safe hours to fish mostly caught lake trout. Successful trips were mixed between jigging and trolling. Both ...

Michigan, Ohio receive $500,000 to study rare turtles

MARQUETTE — Wildlife agencies in Michigan and Ohio have received nearly $500,000 in federal funding to study rare turtles. The grant is part of more than $7 million distributed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to benefit rare and declining fish and wildlife and their habitats across ...

Outdoors North

It was one of those rare moments when I felt like I was momentarily in a Hollywood motion picture. My character was not unlike that of an unnamed farmer who, in digging with a long-handled spade, happens to glance to the sky as something distracts him. Turning upward, he sees the monster or ...

Upper Peninsula fishing report

Upper Peninsula Keweenaw Bay/Huron Bay: Anglers in the last week found plenty of lake trout while trolling and jigging. Lake trout were by far the most caught species with only a few coho salmon caught during the week. Most fish were caught while trolling in medium depth water with the fish ...