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DNR weekly fishing report

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St. Ignace: St. Ignace City boat launches have been put into the water, and the cleaning station is open. At the Carp River cement footing pier, steelhead anglers saw limited success. Smelt were running at the Carp River over the past week. When using the roads to get back to the Carp River mouth, watch for deep potholes. Anglers looking to fish from shore at the Pine River, are now able to get back to the DNR access safely. The DNR boat launch at the Pine River has not been put in yet.  Les Cheneaux Islands/Detour: Anglers were trying their luck dipping for smelt in the Carp River, ...

Outdoors North: The restorative, healing effects of nature

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“The railroad crossed the continent, and the buildings scratch the sky, the highway runs all over the place and the big jet engines fly,” – Steve Forbert As I headed up the highway north, it seemed like I was going the wrong way – even though the digital lady’s voice broadcasting ...

Get ready to go fishing

Friday: Outdoors

By the Michigan Department of Natural Resources It’s time to dust off your fishing gear and get ready to put that new fishing license to good use: trout and the Lower Peninsula inland walleye and northern pike seasons open Saturday. Make plans with your fishing buddies or bring someone new ...

Veterans advocates worry about VA staffing cuts

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MARQUETTE — Officials and experts in veteran services say they’re concerned about how staffing cuts in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will affect Michigan veterans, especially those living in rural areas. If the VA proceeds in the next 60 days with its recently announced ...

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There are a total of 83 counties in the state of Michigan. There are only 15 counties in the Upper Peninsula and all but four of them are on Eastern Standard Time, along with the rest of the state. The four counties in the U.P. that are on the Central Time Zone (Wisconsin Time) are Dickinson, Iron, Gogebic, and Menominee. These are the four counties in the Upper Peninsula with their borders directly in contact with the State of Wisconsin. The Upper Peninsula has about 30 percent of the total land mass of the State of Michigan, and the population of the U.P. is about 300,000 people, and ...