Michigan residents, are you ready to talk (or spot) turkey? The Michigan Department of Natural Resources needs your help to tally wild turkeys this summer. From July 1 through Aug. 31, the DNR will run its annual wild turkey brood survey – a community science effort for people statewide to ...

Little Bay de Noc: Smallmouth bass fishing was good. Anglers cast artificial baits and worms. Yellow perch anglers reported good fishing in deep water. There were some reports of anglers catching salmon from Portage Point south. Big Bay de Noc: Smallmouth anglers report good fishing in Ogontz ...

Backwoods road is a favorite place to travel By John Pepin Michigan DNR ESCANABA — “Take me back down where cool water flow, ya’ll, let me remember the things I love,” – John Fogerty Turning off the big highway onto the white-graveled road, my heart lifts off the bottom of my ...

By John Pepin Michigan DNR MARQUETTE — “The empty rooms where her memory is protected, where the angels’ voices whisper to the souls of previous times,” – Bob Dylan It was a summer day like today, many, many years ago, when the first sounds from that grand masterpiece came rolling ...

Little Bay de Noc: Yellow perch anglers reported slow fishing. Some were able to locate schools of fish; however, success was limited, and the fish they did find were hard to catch. Walleye anglers reported tough fishing and had been targeting fish near Gladstone, the Minneapolis Shoals, and ...

MARQUETTE — “I’ve got my beach bag full of all the necessary items for a day in the sun,” – John D. Loudermilk If I close my eyes, I can still see, hear and feel them all there, whoever they were – the people lining the sandy shore, sitting on brightly colored blankets and towels, ...