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Outdoors

Protecting Michigan’s bats

Jutting out into Lake Superior is the Keweenaw Peninsula, home to Michigan’s Copper Country. This is where the earliest known metalworking in North America originated, with objects crafted by Indigenous peoples from Keweenaw copper becoming so prized that they have been discovered in ...

Bureau of Land Management revokes American Prairie bison leases

The U.S. Department of the Interior has revoked grazing permits in Phillips County, Mont. that American Prairie -- a conservation nonprofit working to restore the prairie ecosystem of north-central Montana -- used for its bison herd. The decision follows a lengthy battle with the Montana ...

Funding reauthorized for Great Lakes Science Center research

WASHINGTON, DC – Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) and U.S. Senator Jon Husted (R-OH) to enhance Great Lakes fishery research and management efforts has been signed into law. The Great Lakes Fisheries Research Reauthorization Act reauthorizes funding for ...

Cuffs & Collars: Nov. 9 to 22

ESCANABA - The following reports detail daily activity of Michigan conservation officers from Nov. 9, 2025, to Nov. 22, 2025, throughout the following District 2 counties of service: Alger, Chippewa, Delta, Mackinac, Luce and Schoolcraft. CO Steve Butzin received a complaint in Nahma Township ...

Apply for spring turkey season now through Feb. 1

Hunters should note changes to license options, turkey management units and mandatory harvest reporting for 2026 season. The application period for Michigan’s spring turkey hunting season is open now through Sunday, Feb. 1. Applications cost $5 each and can be purchased at any license agent, ...

Where the wind whispers and the birds sing

“And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles; they can always fly away from this rain and this cold; you can hear them singing out their telegraph code; all the way down the Telegraph Road,” – Mark Knopfler The wind kicks up snow dust and swirls it around my head as I walk. I ...