“Come on Pearl, come on Kitty, if you feel inclined, down around the bend in the water, bring your fishin' line,” – Gordon Lightfoot In the evenings now, if I travel along the county road, the deer are gathering in any place where there’s bare ground. The surrounding landscape remains ...
As a record volume of water driven by snowmelt and spring rain runs through the Cheboygan Lock and Dam Complex, water is also high in many other areas of Michigan's northeastern Lower Peninsula, and that means putting safety first. Resist the urge to fish, explore or put a watercraft in ...
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds hunters and outdoor enthusiasts to be aware and stay safe during the 2026 spring turkey season, April 15 – May 26. Hunters and public land users may be sharing fields and forests during the season and need to be ...
“When I looked outside my window before, it just looked lame,” said Leo, a fourth grader from Lake Orion. “I look closer now after this field trip. It was the coolest thing I have ever experienced in my nine years I’ve been alive.” Sometimes, as Leo found on his field trip to Bald ...
About $500,000 in funding is now available from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to support community tree management and planting projects. Grant awards range from $10,000 to $75,000. Applications are due May 18. Funding for this grant program is provided by the U.S. Department of ...
How do you protect your forest for future generations? Michigan’s Forest Legacy Program offers some options. This program provides the state with funding to either purchase or secure working forest conservation easements on environmentally important forest lands to ensure that those lands ...