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DNR eyes 60-mile U.P. rail line for trails

ESCANABA — The potential sale of inactive rail line owned by the Escanaba & Lake Superior (E&LS) Railroad could connect communities and trails across the region. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) Parks and Recreation Division officials are reportedly in acquisition ...

A scene no longer monochrome

“Blue autumn, there’s a rainbow in the sky, but no matter how hard I try, I still see only shades of blue,” – Bobby Goldsboro Not long after the sound of my car door shutting stopped reverberating through the quiet woods, I heard a light tapping sound off to my left as I began ...

A smoldering history

The deadliest wildfire in the U.S. was the 1871 Peshtigo Fire. It scorched well over a million acres, torched 17 villages and killed more than 1,200 people. The personal accounts are horrific. This was a time when relatively few people lived in the northern hinterlands. Most of the fire ...

Strong like a moose

MARQUETTE — A collaborative wildlife research project in the Upper Peninsula has documented an exceptionally strong first-year survival rate among regional moose calves, significantly outpacing studied populations in neighboring states and Canadian provinces. Recent reports from the ongoing ...

Unpredictable nature of U.P. fall salmon fishing

When I turned into the parking lot, it was a couple of hours before sunset, which meant it would be great timing for hitting the water for some salmon or brown trout fishing before darkness would be dropping fast. Over the past three evenings, I have been down here to this big lake tributary ...