ESCANABA — Once conditions are appropriate, the National Forest intends to conduct controlled burns in 10,082 acres of Hiawatha National Forest and 1,143 in Ottawa National Forest. “We use prescribed fires to help reduce overgrown vegetation to help protect local communities, ...

“I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment’s gone. All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity,” – Kerry Livgren She stared right into my eyes from the black-and-white photograph. She wore a child’s romper and a bucket hat as she stood in grass along the edge of a ...

Planning to fish the Muskegon River this spring? Be on the lookout for Michigan Department of Natural Resources personnel collecting walleye eggs below Croton Dam in Newaygo County. Egg collections with electrofishing boats will start as early as the week of March 23 and conclude by April ...

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Michigan’s outdoor recreation economy is growing, but not as fast as it is for much of the rest of the country. The US Bureau of Economic ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources surveys the diverse and important Great Lakes fisheries every year between April and November. Crews from research stations in Marquette, Charlevoix, Alpena and Harrison Township gather data on fish populations, fish health and the presence and ...

“Wish I was more than one, one for work and one for fun; one to go and one to stay, little darlin’ I’m goin’ away,” – Steve Forbert Rays of sunlight penetrated the dusty glass of the back window of the garage. The filtered light illuminated an even dustier windowsill before it ...