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Applications, outings, free fishing on calendar

IRON MOUNTAIN — Michigan’s spring turkey hunt application period is open through Feb. 1. Applications are $5 and are available online, at a license agent, or in the Michigan DNR Hunt Fish app. The number of units has been reduced from 14 to 3. The units are M (Upper Peninsula), NN ...

Michigan deserves its title as ‘The Trails State’

Single-track. Switchback. Rail trail. Off-road. Backcountry. Water. Equestrian. Multi-use. Looped. Out-and-back. Smooth and paved. Hear these different kinds of trails and pathways, and a favorite type likely comes to mind – it does for me, a longtime, passionate trail explorer. Well, ...

Pure Michigan applications due; Wisconsin harvests elk

IRON MOUNTAIN — Wednesday is the last day to submit a Pure Michigan Hunt application before the January drawing. Winners receive a valuable outdoor prize package as well as licenses for elk, bear, spring and fall turkey, antlerless deer, and the first pick at a managed waterfowl hunt area. ...

Outdoors report: Snow needed for trails; writers, artists invited to ‘Porkies’

IRON MOUNTAIN — Snowmobile trails in Vilas County, Wis., opened Friday with conditions reported as poor to fair, while some trails were described as “rideable” in the Upper Peninsula’s Iron County. To the north, trails in the Munising area were reported as good to very good, according to uptravel.com. Dickinson County trails remain closed for a lack of snow. The forecast calls for about an inch or less of snow locally this weekend. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reminds riders that two of the most common snowmobile crash contributors around the holidays are ...

Michigan DNR collects 16 million trout and salmon eggs

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources stocks fish in Michigan waters every year, providing fishing opportunities and helping maintain healthy ecosystems. Where do the fish being stocked come from? It begins with collecting fish eggs, and the DNR has been working ...