I walk in newly greening grasses, looking into a warm, early-morning sky, where the spread of a budding maple tree casts a grand image against the blue background. But it will still be a couple of weeks, at least in these woods, before the greening of springtime will truly be revealed. In ...
“I grew up wild and free, walking these fields in my bare feet. There wasn’t no place I couldn’t go with a .22-rifle and a fishing pole,” Bob McDill I stood alongside the banks of a small creek, soaking the sunshine in as far as I could, simultaneously drinking up and holding big ...
According to new data from Expedia, 42% of Americans choose Canada, Finland, and Norway as their most favored destinations among those seeking to catch the Aurora Borealis. Experts predict the borealis, or northern lights, will be exceptionally visible this year. That spurs travelers to ditch warm-weather destinations in order to experience this once-in-a-lifetime experience. Nearly half of Americans say an attempt to chase the aurora borealis is an essential adventure for the year. The chance to see the northern lights dance above them ranks well above other coveted experiences, ...
LANSING — Every fish studied recently in two Southeast Michigan watersheds contained at least one of a family of toxic and persistent health-threatening chemicals. The chemicals – collectively known as per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS – are found in some rivers, lakes, ...
There’s a field I know that I often drive past on my way to quiet and contemplative places in the surrounding woodlands. I always look, but there’s rarely anything to see here but what was once a hopeful landscape, from a time that has long since passed away. There’s no fence around the property and no indications of who might own this land, which slopes gradually over a mile or so. It’s a wide-open space claimed now by the northwesterly winds. The one thing I always do see at this place is a broken-down farmhouse that stands on a small knoll, the highest point here. The ...
MARQUETTE — The lack of ice on the Great Lakes this winter could cause thunderstorms and tornadoes to occur earlier than usual in the region. Michigan is expected to see more severe weather in April and May, said Paul Pastelok, a meteorologist for AccuWeather. Historically most of the ...
