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Outdoors North: Getting ready for the Great Pumpkin

“The pretty waters in the sea feel as cold as you left me. Yes, blue must be the color of the blues,” – George Jones and Lawton Williams The night was almost completely dead silent. The overcast skies and the otherwise blackness seemed to enhance the quiet. However, the void created by ...

What to cut back and what to leave standing in your garden’s fall cleanup

Fall is garden cleanup time, but that doesn't mean you should turn your property into a barren wasteland. Leaving certain perennials standing over winter can be beneficial. Others, however, need to go. Similarly, some shrubs should be pruned as they wind down, while cutting others back now ...

What’s Flying: Great surprises all across the U.P.

“If you stand in the meat section at the grocery store long enough, you start to get mad at turkeys. There’s turkey ham, turkey bologna, turkey pastrami. Someone needs to tell the turkey, 'man, just be yourself.'” – Mitch Hedberg October in the Upper Peninsula has provided some ...

DNR weekly fishing report

Little Bay de Noc: Windy conditions restricted angling efforts and access to fishable areas. Anglers reported fair fishing when casting for northern pike and smallmouth bass. Northern pike anglers reported doing well near vegetation and windblown points. Anglers targeting walleye reported fair ...

Outdoors North: Finding inner peace

“Either get ready for elimination or your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards,” – Bob Dylan With a rush and a mighty rustle through a pile of downed leaves, the autumn changing of the guard blew into these Great North Woods in no uncertain fashion. This was the ...

What’s Flying: See, hear and smell the season

“One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge.” – Robert Staughton Lynd Spring and Autumn in the Upper Peninsula are uniquely precious times. While the periods of green and white extend considerably longer for summer and winter, the ...