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Friday: Outdoors

Upper Peninsula fishing report

Keweenaw Bay/Huron Bay: Poor weather greatly limited fishing activities this last week, however the few who were able to make it out found both lake trout and rainbow trout while trolling. These fish were reported to have been mostly caught near the upper half of the water column. Big ...

US national parks are receiving record-high gift of $100 million

PORTLAND, Maine — The official nonprofit organization of the National Park Service is set to receive the largest grant in its history, a $100 million gift the fundraising group described as transformative for the country’s national parks. The National Park Foundation, which Congress ...

Outdoors North: I must return, as the game has now begun

“Cobwebs and dust, I hate to leave you but leave you I must,” – Gordon Lightfoot It’s late in the wee, wee hours and I have spent the last few moments on the inside looking out — glancing through window glass from the near side of the kitchen sink, trying to get a feel for what it ...

DNR weekly fishing report

Keweenaw Bay/Huron Bay: Anglers this last week had a difficult time finding a good day to get on Lake Superior with the strong winds and weather. Anglers who were able to find a few safe hours to fish mostly caught lake trout. Successful trips were mixed between jigging and trolling. Both ...

Michigan, Ohio receive $500,000 to study rare turtles

MARQUETTE — Wildlife agencies in Michigan and Ohio have received nearly $500,000 in federal funding to study rare turtles. The grant is part of more than $7 million distributed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to benefit rare and declining fish and wildlife and their habitats across ...

Outdoors North

It was one of those rare moments when I felt like I was momentarily in a Hollywood motion picture. My character was not unlike that of an unnamed farmer who, in digging with a long-handled spade, happens to glance to the sky as something distracts him. Turning upward, he sees the monster or ...