MARQUETTE — State agencies partner to improve state parks and increase accessibility for visitors A series of construction projects, executed in partnership between the Michigan Army National Guard and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, will occur at Wilderness State Park from ...

The room was comfortably large and a good place for a group to meet, especially if a kitchen might be needed. It even had a dance floor. It was a good morning to be indoors, as indicated by the scene outside the big picture windows facing the lake. It was cold and misting rain with strong, ...

MARQUETTE — The Kirtland’s warbler has an expansive conservation program, draws tourists from across the globe and even has an annual festival in Roscommon. Yet what is perhaps Michigan’s most well-known endangered bird is slated to lose its name. It’s among 70 North American bird ...

I guess that for as long ago as I can remember I’ve heard people talking about how important it is for humans to connect to each other. So, I wasn’t surprised that when I asked ChatGPT for a list of benefits to humans connecting, I was presented a partial list of all the good that can ...

MARQUETTE — Jeff Stratton’s beloved Larks Lake left his feet and legs covered in hundreds of itchy red welts. “It was horrible,” said Stratton, 68, “Crazy itchy. Crazy painful.” The itching was caused by austrobilharzia variglandis, a tiny parasite that ran wild in the lake’s ...

I walk in newly greening grasses, looking into a warm, early-morning sky, where the spread of a budding maple tree casts a grand image against the blue background. But it will still be a couple of weeks, at least in these woods, before the greening of springtime will truly be revealed. In ...