LANSING — As this year’s open-water fishing season gets underway, anglers at many lakes, rivers and Great Lakes ports may encounter DNR fisheries staff members collecting data about their fishing experiences. “The information we gather from anglers helps us get a clearer picture about ...
“Fly me to the moon,” – Bart Howard — — — MARQUETTE — Sometimes it’s strange how one thing leads to another. Nature recently granted me a tremendous opportunity that began in quite unrelated fashion on a cloudy spring afternoon. A few days beforehand, we had put up ...
“If you want to taste the water, gotta come to the river,” – Gary Louris — — — MARQUETTE — In the far eastern reaches of the county, where the lines of demarcation commence, there lies what some might consider to be a river of little importance flowing sluggishly into Lake ...
LANSING — A new package of deer hunting regulations designed to simplify rules and remove barriers to participation recently was introduced to the Michigan Natural Resources Commission. The regulations, proposed for the 2020 deer hunting season, are scheduled for an NRC vote in June. We ...
KEWEENAW COUNTY — Logging operations on private property along a section of the state-managed off-road-vehicle B Trail in Keweenaw County will force temporary closure of the route beginning June 1. “The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will be closing the B Trail between Phoenix ...
LANSING — A new package of deer hunting regulations designed to simplify rules and remove barriers to participation was introduced to the Michigan Natural Resources Commission at its regular monthly meeting, which was conducted in an online and conference call format due to COVID-19 public ...
“Can you cook and sew, make flowers grow, do you understand my pain?” – Bob Dylan — — — MARQUETTE — When I walk or drive down the dusty streets of these old iron ore towns it’s easy to view a dilapidated vacant building and see the shop or store there that no longer ...
“You fill up my senses like night in a forest,” – John Denver — — — MARQUETTE — The dark red and orange coals of the dying campfire glowed in the blackness of an early May night. It was shivering cold tonight for this time of year. With an old, gnarled apple tree branch ...
LANSING — Although motorized trails are open to the public, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources urges off-road enthusiasts to use even greater care when riding trails this spring. Due to the updated “Stay Home, Stay Safe” Executive Order (now extended through May 28) and the ...
“I’m just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round,” – John Lennon — — — MARQUETTE — Dragging around the house, bogged down with them coronavirus quarantine pandemic blues, I knew I had to break out — or at least try. I’ve been on a surreal rollercoaster ...
HOUGHTON — In consultation with local officials, trail sponsors and legislators, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is working toward construction of a single multi-use trail corridor between Dollar Bay and Lake Linden. However, given anticipated negative impacts to state and ...
“That night I dreamed in peaceful sleep of shady summertime, of old dogs and children and watermelon wine,” – Tom T. Hall — — — MARQUETTE — With the bony, white claws of the Wintermaker still clutched tightly around late April, I followed my footprints down the driveway ...
MARQUETTE — Having gathered public input from boaters and anglers, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources will not develop the Silver Lake Basin boating access site in Marquette County as a walk-in-only facility. Earlier this year, the department said it was considering installing a ...
“Daddy won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where paradise lay,” – John Prine — — — MARQUETTE — The difference between black and white is a big contrast. It’s easy to see. Hard to forget. It makes a strong and lasting first impression. I ...
“Way up on Bear Creek, watching the sun go down. Well, it makes me feel like I’m on my last go ‘round,” – A.P. Carter — — — MARQUETTE — As the afternoon light dwindled, a drab gloom that had fallen over the scene the night before continued to hang around, as it had all ...
LANSING — The Department of natural Resources is receiving questions about how COVID-19 is affecting outdoor recreation. Right now, yes, fishing is permitted, and the 2020 season opened April 1. In fact, fishing is one outdoor activity that can be done with proper social distancing — just ...
LANSING — The value of thriving green spaces where people can spread out and enjoy nature perhaps has never been more apparent than now, as the world adapts to life with COVID-19. In Michigan, some of our most beautiful public land is made possible through the Forest Legacy Program, a ...
LANSING — As part of PA 288, the DNR is required to notify the public of changes to state forest road maps. New maps are available online in both an interactive web format and printable map. The maps - updated each year based on data of changing road conditions - show which state forest roads ...
“Someday I think I’d like to paint a seascape, if they ever get the ocean to stand still,” – Tom T. Hall — — — MARQUETTE — Back in the shadowed corners and cobwebbed shelves of my mind rests a little cabin of modest construction that sat along the sandy shores of Lake ...
“Valentine is done, here but now they’re gone,” – Donald Roeser — — — MARQUETTE — Amid these days of aquamarine and bloodstone, the clocks here have all wound forward shifting many in the human world into a weary and dreary daze, a sleep-shaken, depression-tinged state of ...