Little Bay de Noc: Smallmouth anglers reported good fishing. Anglers reported large fish near river mouths, points, and in shallow bays. Anglers reported fish around last year’s dead reeds and cattails. The new growth had not yet emerged above the water, so last year’s growth created visual ...

“I got a peaceful easy feeling, and I know you won’t let me down, ‘cuz I’m already standing on the ground,” – Jack Tempchin Hikes and other adventures in nature are often based on exploration and discovery. Finding, researching, visiting, seeing, experiencing and enjoying new ...

“If April showers bring May flowers, do May flowers bring snow showers?” – Anonymous The season is like an old car that just won’t go. Must need a new starter, or something. Warmer, sunny days have been precious so far this spring in the Upper Peninsula. Even Whitefish Point has shown ...

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endures as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature — the assurance that dawns come after the night, and spring after winter.” — Rachel Carson Seems ...

“It’s often said that life is strange, yeah, but compared to what?” — Steve Forbert During the early days of my youth, the last-Saturday-in-April opening day of trout season quickly became something I looked forward to as much as Christmastime. My birthday falls on April 9 and by ...

EAST LANSING — Research from Michigan State University Professor J. Richard Pursley is trailblazing an area within dairy cattle management that Wendell Van Gunst says is essential to keep farms profitable. “I think almost every dairy farmer would agree that nothing is as critical to the ...