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Outdoors North: Let the winter pass over like a storm

“The wind it was howlin' and the snow was outrageous; we chopped through the night, and we chopped through the dawn,” – Bob Dylan The persistent and deepening snow and cold of late has signaled primal feelings of survival within me. Just walking to the mailbox and back is an adventure ...

What's Flying: Challenges lie ahead

“Shut the door not that it lets the cold in but that it lets out the coziness.” – Mark Twain Coziness has become something truly special with this current stretch of icy cold weather. It is a particularly moving experience now to peer outside, over the snowdrifts and snow piles and ...

DNR weekly fishing report

Little Bay de Noc: Walleye anglers reported slow fishing. While some anglers were able to catch a few, most reported little to no success. Some anglers did however report catching trophy-sized walleye. Anglers were jigging snap-style jigs baited with a portion of minnow on a treble hook. ...

The secret to pest-free houseplants starts at the nursery

If you grow houseplants, you probably know that sinking feeling you get when you notice the almost imperceivable movement of a dot, fine webbing between a leaf and its stem, or a leaf that just looks off. You thought (hoped!) the moment would never come, but the pests have moved in, and here ...