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DNR announces $200,000 available for UP Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership grants

The application period for the Upper Peninsula’s Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative competitive grant program is now open. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR)announces $200,000 available for UP Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership grants initiative is a cooperative grant program designed to enhance deer habitat on private lands in the U.P. New for 2026 the total DHIPI program budget has increased to $200,000. The maximum and minimum grant requests have also increased respectively to a maximum of $25,000 and a minimum of $5,000. The required match remains at ...

Wisconsin to issue most licenses ever for this fall’s bear hunt

Wisconsin hunters will have a better chance to harvest black bears this fall due to a record number of licenses and higher quota approved Wednesday by the state’s Natural Resources Board. The board unanimously signed off on a quota of 4,160 bears and 15,245 licenses for the fall bear hunt, ...

Companionship of the outdoors

“I'm still carrying the gift you gave; it's a part of me now, it’s been cherished and saved; It'll be with me unto the grave and then unto eternity,” – Bob Dylan On a rainy and chilly afternoon, I parked my Jeep in an old sandy turnaround at the side of the two-track dirt road. I ...

Winter Trails Day invites community to ski and snowshoe

RAPID RIVER - The Hiawatha National Forest and partners are excited to invite families to Winter Trails Day on Saturday, Feb. 7 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rapid River Ski Trail. Cross-country skis and snowshoes will be available free of charge for use during the event thanks to Brampton ...

Snow moon will soon rise in the winter sky

ESCANABA- The snow moon is about to rise in the eastern sky! The full snow-moon will light the frigid nights with a white glow. It may bring dancing flakes of new snow. It may bring coyote love songs and owl serenades. Indigenous people often referred to the month of February as the snow ...