MARQUETTE — Registration is open for this summer’s Becoming an Outdoors Woman program, set for June 2-4 in Marquette County. This will mark the 26th annual summer BOW gathering for women, 18 and older, who are seeking an opportunity to improve their outdoor skills in a relaxed, ...

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recognized the 2023 Pure Michigan Hunt winners — Richard Austin and Nathan Whitmore from southwest Michigan and Robert E. Beaudry of Kingsford— during Thursday’s meeting of the Natural Resources Commission at Lansing Community ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Michigan’s statewide trout opener is Saturday, April 29, which leaves at least some time for high waters to recede. Fishing has slowed locally due to the conditions, said Fay Whisler at Whisler Outdoors in Florence, Wis. The forecast calls for highs only in the 40s and 50s ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The spring turkey season opens Saturday, April 22, in the Upper Peninsula, running through May 31. Wisconsin hunters will get a head start with a youth hunt this weekend, followed by six, seven-day hunting periods that open Wednesday and conclude May 30. Hunters and ...

As predicted, avian migration kicked into high gear this past week, with the birds taking full advantage of the much-warmer-than-normal weather — highs reaching into the 80s in the Iron Mountain area Thursday and Friday — and, more significantly, a strong southern wind. The difference ...

The pace of spring migration has already picked up and likely will kick into overdrive with the jump in temperatures in the region next week. The first few red-winged blackbirds and common grackles have become the usual noisy horde, dominating the bird feeder and loudly announcing their ...