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Outdoors

Smartphones can make us wiser about nature

A reader, Al Hansen, recently stopped in at the Daily News office with a photo he wanted to share. It was a lovely butterfly, velvet brown with wings edged in gilded cream and a string of sky-blue spots, that his visiting grandson, Kyle Dorosz, had taken at his home. They did not know what ...

Michigan hunters must report deer harvest online starting with fall seasons

LANSING — Last year, nearly 7,000 deer hunters voluntarily reported their deer harvest online to help test the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ new reporting system. Starting with the fall 2022 deer seasons, online harvest reporting will be required for all hunters who ...

Children’s trout pond at Lake Antoine today

IRON MOUNTAIN — Rainbow trout will be biting at Lake Antoine today, courtesy of a children’s mobile fishing pond filled by Watersmeet Trout Hatchery and Breitung Township Fire Department. Pavilion 2 will be the site of the Lake Antoine Park Partners event sponsored by Northern RV ...

DNR to share Lake Gogebic survey results

MARENISCO — Those interested in what’s happening with walleye, pike and other fish in the Upper Peninsula’s largest inland lake are invited to a public meeting Thursday in Marenisco, where Michigan Department of Natural Resources staff will discuss results of the 2022 Lake Gogebic ...

Repair project forces temporary closure of access site

MARENISCO — A project to repair damaged ramp planks at the Lake Gogebic State Park boating access site in Gogebic County will require temporary closure of the launch beginning Monday. The construction is slated to take roughly two weeks, with the boating access site scheduled to re-open ...