IRON MOUNTAIN — Spring turkey licenses remain available for an Upper Peninsula hunt that begins April 22 and runs through May 31. You can buy a license from any license agent, online at Michigan.gov/DNRLicenses, or through the Michigan DNR Hunt Fish app. More information is available at ...

MADISON, Wis. ­— The Wisconsin Conservation Congress and Department of Natural Resources invite the public to get involved in April during the annual spring hearing public input opportunity. The WCC/DNR Spring Hearings focus on natural resource-related questions and proposed rule changes. ...

MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources Parks and Recreation Division notified trail grant sponsors that the snowmobile trail grooming contract season will be extended through the weekend, under certain conditions. Typically, grooming contracts with local snowmobile clubs ...

Every year, certain signs point to the region really turning the corner from winter to spring. At Six Mile Lake, one such indicator is the sound of trickling water that inevitably finds its way to the lake, especially from Solberg Creek on the northwestern corner. As snowmelt feeds into ...

FLORENCE, Wis. — The entire Florence County snowmobile and ATV/UTV trail system will be closed effective 12:01 a.m. Friday, officials said. Winter groomer operations will end per state grooming contracts. This closure will also help to protect deteriorating trail conditions from erosion ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Anglers are reminded that a new fishing license year starts Saturday, April 1, in both Michigan and Wisconsin. Locally, panfish are biting, with anglers are reporting anywhere from 16 to 20 inches of ice on some waters, said Fay Whisler at Whisler Outdoors in Florence, ...