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Land Conservancy Grants

MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy, based in Marquette, has been awarded $10,000 from the Land Trust Alliance for several projects. They are collaboration with local indigenous communities for strategic conservation planning for $7,500 and Dead River Community Forest acquisition for $2,500. Other land conservancies awarded in the U.P. awarded grants were the Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy, based in Sault Ste. Marie, for $7,500 for an indigenous-based approach to advancing land conservation and water quality protection together, and the Landmark Conservancy, based ...

AmeriCorps shares opportunities

WASHINGTON, D.C. — AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, has announced two short-term, summer service opportunities with AmeriCorps NCCC and AmeriCorps VISTA programs. While traditional AmeriCorps programs are approximately one year in length, these summer opportunities connect adults 18 and older with six-week service opportunities to build skills, grow their resumes and address the nation’s most pressing needs. AmeriCorps NCCC is a full-time, team-based residential service program that allows young adults to make a positive impact in communities ...

Thoughts turn to Spring

“In February there is everything to hope for and nothing to regret.” — Patience Strong It is a month into the “New Year” already and thoughts are beginning to turn to Spring. In around a month Sugar Bushes will come alive with the flow, capture and boiling of maple sap. Buds of ...

Hawks, owls in local bird news

“An owl is traditionally a symbol of wisdom, so we are neither doves nor hawks but owls, and we are vigilant when others are resting.” — Urjit Patel Hawks have played a major role in Marquette’s birding scene this winter. That group, the accipiters, has been well represented. These ...

Winter brings some surprises

“At this season of the year, darkness is a more insistent thing than cold. The days are short as any dream.” — E.B. White Although the days get two or three minutes longer every day, the clouds of January all but erase the small gains made. Last weekend saw a couple of moments in Marquette like the sun might break through, then just faded back into a dreary sky. The sun did shine brightly on Monday morning for a few hours but tired out by mid-day and faded back behind the strength of winter gray clouds again. This weekend promised to bring a bit of the real cold of Upper Peninsula ...

Free ‘Life Drawing’ class offered in Ishpeming

BY: ALEXANDRIA BOURNONVILLE Journal Staff Writer ISHPEMING — Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library will once again hold its free Life Drawing class on Saturday mornings at 11 a.m. from Feb. 4 to March 11. The last time this drawing class was held was in early 2020 since being canceled ...