“Now it’s past my bed I know, I’d really like to go, soon it will be the break of day, sitting here in Blue Jay Way.” – George Harrison By JOHN PEPIN Michigan Department of Natural Resources When I was a young boy, my sister and I slept in twin beds that were given to us as a ...
LANSING — Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources and Department of Agriculture & Rural Development encourage those who have eastern hemlock trees on their property to take time this winter to inspect the trees for signs of hemlock woolly adelgid — tiny, soft-bodied insects that ...
RIO DE JANEIRO — Towering talipot palms in a Rio de Janeiro park are flowering for the first and only time in their lives, decades after famed Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx introduced them in the 1960s. Towards the end of its life — which can span between 40 and 80 ...
BISMARCK, N.D. — Shut down for more than six years, part of a scenic road loop in North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt National Park reopened Tuesday, giving visitors a better opportunity to see wildlife and panoramic views of the rugged Badlands. The park's 21-mile loop encircles a stark ...
“Hey, little one, so far from home and so alone.” — Dorsey Burnette and Barry De Vorzon In the fading daylight of a late winter’s afternoon, the cross atop the mine’s towering headframe, though unlit, was clearly visible, high above the Egyptian revival-style obelisks capping the A ...
Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials are reminding waterfowl hunters to take precautions to protect themselves and domestic animals from highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu. This fall, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has ...