LANSING — It’s been one year since Michigan Democrats introduced legislation that would significantly change the state’s environmental regulations. But those bills are stuck in committee. Election distractions, negotiation, and a slim Democratic majority in the state House have kept ...

I got to the dirt road not long after the rain had stopped falling. The air was still warm though the skies were full of low-hanging gray-white clouds that socked the scene in with near foggy conditions. I opened the car door and stuck my boots into the wet gravel and began walking. I could ...

Trees across Michigan are just wrapping up an incredible show of fall color, with the reds, oranges and yellows of oak trees often taking center stage. That annual autumn color fest may be at risk, though, because oak trees across areas of the Lower Peninsula, as well as in Dickinson, Iron, ...

“Now they’ll always be together, in their happy hunting ground,” — J.P. Richardson In the years that I was growing up, my dad had already quit hunting deer and rabbits. He said he used to hunt both when he was younger, but that was before I knew him. I was acquainted with his ...

Little Bay de Noc: Yellow perch anglers reported good fishing. Fish were caught by anglers anchored or “spot-locked” using minnows on perch rigs across from Kipling, in the narrows, and by the Days River. Walleye anglers reported mixed results, with some having success while others ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is soliciting applications for open volunteer positions on the Eastern and Western Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Councils. The councils are designed to advise the DNR on regional programs and policies, identify areas in which the department ...