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Outdoors

Outdoor North: Looking Up to a Diamond Sky

“I look up to you 'cause nothin' else makes any sense now. I look up to you 'cause ev'rything else brings me down. I look up to you and all of your stars up there twinkling. I look up to you and all of the wise things you know,” – Steve Forbert It’s a warm evening – late. I’m ...

For baby wildlife, alone does not mean abandoned

We’re well into spring, which means baby wildlife season is here. If you come across baby wildlife like fawns, bunnies or birds, the best thing you can do is leave them where they are. Animals like rabbits and fawns are often left alone for hours while their mothers look for food. This is ...

Use safe firewood practices this camping season

The Michigan Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development and Natural Resources are reminding residents and visitors that invasive pests and diseases can hitchhike in untreated firewood, spreading easily from one location to another. Many of these harmful pests, including hemlock woolly ...

DNR to livestream Superior Maximus descent

Michigan Department of Natural Resources fisheries research biologist Shawn Sitar and the crew of the research vessel Lake Char will be joining documentary filmmakers Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick to explore Superior Maximus — the deepest point of Lake Superior — as it has never been ...

The rhythm of a quiet lake

“You belong among the wildflowers, you belong somewhere close to me, far away from trouble and worry, you belong somewhere you feel free,” – Tom Petty Once the door of my Jeep shuts behind me, I can sense the pulse of this place. There’s almost a heartbeat that I can feel or otherwise ...