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Outdoors

Father and son bag bears for first time

Courtesy photo Roger Tourangeau Jr. shot his bear recently from 50 yards away. The bear weighed 258 pounds dressed. His son, Roger Tourangeau III, above photo, shot his first bear with a bow from 20 yards away. The bear weighed 110 pounds dressed.

Father and son bag bears for first time

Roger Tourangeau Jr., above photo, shot his bear recently from 50 yards away. The bear weighed 258 pounds dressed. His son, Roger Tourangeau III shot his first bear with a bow from 20 yards away. The bear weighed 110 pounds dressed.

DNR cancels winter Becoming an Outdoors Woman workshop

MARQUETTE — Given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its associated necessary limits on social gatherings, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has canceled the annual winter Becoming an Outdoors Woman workshop. The annual weekend event is held in February at the Bay Cliff Health ...

Column: Wrapped up in the U.P.’s wintry blanket

By John Pepin Michigan DNR MARQUETTE — “On a snow-covered night up in eastern Wyoming, another lazy day, looking for the sun,” – John Denver In the place where I want to be right now, the snow is falling so softly that I can’t hear it, no matter how hard I might try. The ...

During Michigan Trails Week Challenge, every mile counts

LANSING — Are you up for a challenge? During Michigan Trails Week (Sept. 20-27), the Department of Natural Resources and the Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance invite Michiganders to pay tribute to trails and collectively walk, run, ride, hike, bike or paddle 100,000 miles. Michigan is ...

Column: Old bridge brings back memories

MARQUETTE — “A lot of water under the bridge, a lot of other stuff too,” – Bob Dylan After pushing on through a jack pine stand, I came around a corner on the sandy dirt road. It was nearly nightfall. The purple and black clouds above were textured and sliced in a series of parallel ...