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Outdoors North: Breaths of nature’s healing and forgiveness

“Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons on our coats, blowing through the letters that we wrote, blowing through the books upon our shelves, it’s a wonder we can even feed ourselves,” – Bob Dylan Walking along an old dirt road, I feel the winds of autumn swirling around the tree ...

What’s Flying: The seasons are a’changing

“Change is hard but inevitable.” – Jenny Han Although mentioned frequently lately, the autumnal equinox – the “official” start of fall, is just around the corner. It comes around Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 8:05 p.m. EDT in the Northern Hemisphere. The days have drawn noticeably shorter, ...

DNR weekly fishing report

Little Bay de Noc: Anglers targeting walleye reported fair to good fishing over the past week. In lower Little Bay de Noc, anglers found fish around deep structure, including points and humps. In the upper bay, anglers reported success along weed edges and the eastern shoreline. Casting ...

Adding mini clover to grass seed creates a green, hardy, drought-tolerant lawn

Would you like a lawn that grows well in full sun or part shade, requires little or no watering, chokes out weeds, never needs fertilizer and stays green all summer, even when exposed to dog urine? Have I got a lawn for you! Simply mixing clover seeds with your chosen grass seeds will do all ...

Outdoors North: Goodness and light

“The days they pass so quickly now, nights are seldom long, time around me whispers when it’s cold,” – John Denver With the skies gray and chilly, threatening rain, I’m visiting an old hardwood forest I like to frequent in the autumn. This is a place where golden maple leaves ...

What’s Flying: Take a moment

“You see, the what ifs are as boundless as the stars.” “…nature is reflected in our capacity for wonder.” – Richard Louv What if it is a big El Nino year? What if the Upper Peninsula still gets another record winter of snow? What if the mild conditions continue into late ...