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Birds, land animals prepping for winter

November’s first week has been quite idyllic with extremely mild temperatures and even a bit more welcome rain. The rain has been truly needed to help with the ongoing wildfire battles and preparing plants for the winter and next year. November has been the time when animals like ...

Abandoning comfort zone opens great new horizons

“Blue autumn, there’s a rainbow in the sky, but no matter how hard I try, I still see only shades of blue.” — Bobby Goldsboro Not long after the sound of my car door shutting stopped reverberating through the quiet woods, I heard a light tapping sound off to my left as I began ...

Garden themes make great holiday gifts

Give the gardener on your list a little green this holiday season. From clever tools to practical essentials and even an indulgence or two, these gardening and garden-themed gifts will inspire, entertain and help them prepare for the next growing season. Built-in compost Inspired by ...

Outdoors North: This might be the one

When I turned into the parking lot, it was a couple of hours before sunset, which meant it would be great timing for hitting the water for some salmon or brown trout fishing before darkness would be dropping fast. Over the past three evenings, I have been down here to this big lake tributary ...

What’s Flying: I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore

“A treasure may lie behind the next tree or dune. You never know what new wonderful bird may have been blown here by the latest wind .” – Anonymous “I don’t think we are Kansas anymore, Toto.” Dorothy, in The Wizard of Oz November winds are sometimes the breezes of magicians. ...

DNR weekly fishing report

Little Bay de Noc: High winds rendered Little Bay de Noc too rough for angling throughout much of the week. Anglers who ventured out reported fair walleye and yellow perch fishing. Anglers targeted reefs near the head of the bay, as well as adjacent drop-offs. Anglers trolling utilized crawler ...