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Outdoors

Northern pike action good

IRON MOUNTAIN — Ice conditions vary after recent warm weather, but the forecast calls for lower temperatures by the middle of next week. Anglers were reporting 8 inches to more than a foot of ice. There was also slush in some areas. “Northern pike fishing has been good,” said Fay ...

Georgia, Ohio St. finally meet again

ATLANTA (AP) — They are titans of the college gridiron, a pair of perennial powerhouses that, amazingly enough, have faced each other only once in their long, storied histories. Three decades ago, a quaint era before playoffs and RPOs and NIL, Georgia beat Ohio State in a bowl game that ...

Panfish biting; derby set for Jan. 21

IRON MOUNTAIN — Panfish action has been good and anglers were reporting 8 to 12 inches of ice as of Friday on most area waters. “Bluegill are hitting hard on waxworms,” said Fay Whisler at Whisler Outdoors in Florence, Wis. The walleye bite has been fair, with shiners and suckers under ...

Nature offers a map to understanding what matters

“I’m traveling light because I might be going far, taking nothing but the clothes on my back and this big red guitar, I’m just restless.” — Carl Perkins Michigan Department of Natural Resources In the darkness of this place, I can hear the clock ticking from the adjacent room. ...

Study: Climate change affects boreal forest trees

A new study by researchers from the University of Michigan, University of Minnesota Twin Cities and their collaborators shows the deadly effect global warming is having on some North American tree species growing in similar habitats. They looked at balsam fir, white spruce, jack pine, ...