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What’s flying: Winter brings flocks of all sizes

“Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person.” - Sylvia Plath A nother mild week of weather in the Upper Peninsula has continued to make living a little easier for wildlife and humans alike. There have been some snows – more wet with rain, and some blowing flakes, but those melty days too, making the drifts a little smaller, and some days a bit crunchier This past week saw bohemian waxwings becoming scarce – they were very difficult to find in Marquette’s good crab apple clusters after a stretch after New Year’s ...

Outdoors North: So many ways to take nature in

“Let’s sway, under this moonlight, the serious moonlight,” – David Bowie I got up from the couch where I’d been watching television and walked into the kitchen to rinse out my popcorn bowl in the sink. When I rounded the corner into the room, I was struck hard by the scene ...

Menominee Welcome Center continues hospitality history

MENOMINEE — Traveling north across the bridge between Marinette, Wisconsin, and Menominee, one of the first sights you’ll see after the sign welcoming you to “Pure Michigan” is a rustic log building tucked behind a row of trees just off a busy commercial stretch of U.S. 41. Dedicated ...

DNR SEEKS INPUT ON STATE PARKS, REC PLAN

MARQUETTE — Managing the state’s parks and recreation system is a big job with many components, and it could use public input. As the Michigan Department of Natural Resources works to finalize the draft Parks and Recreation Division Strategic Plan for 2023-2027, it said it is turning to ...

Outdoors North

Starting a new year for me is like trying to build a model airplane or put together a jigsaw puzzle without having any idea what the final product is supposed to look like. I also have a sense that I am not sure all the pieces I need will be in this box I’ve just opened. Maybe I didn’t ...

Michigan wildland firefighters help out-of-state

LANSING — Cory Mallory left his home near Lake Superior in March to travel to Alice, Texas, a short drive north of the U.S. border with Mexico. While many parts of the Upper Peninsula were still covered in snow, wildfire season was already raging in southern Texas. Mallory was one of ...