As predicted, the birds expected to re-appear in mid-April have made it back. Our regular eastern phoebes not only showed up last Saturday, they seem to have decided the nest needs renovation and have pulled down the grass and lichen portions to get it down to the mud foundation. We’ll have ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — As the spring turkey season opens today in the Upper Peninsula, hunters are reminded there's a new mandatory harvest reporting requirement. Starting this year, all successful turkey hunters must report their harvest within 72 hours of harvest or before transferring ...

After seemingly being halted by two rounds of icy rain late last week, the spring migration through Wisconsin appears to have gone into high gear this past week, with almost 4.6 million birds crossing the state overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning, according to the Cornell Lab of ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — More than 5,752 miles of state forest roads in the Upper Peninsula are open to ORVs this year, representing about 98% of the total mileage, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said. Each year on April 1, following the annual road inventory and review, the DNR ...

Not surprisingly, the recent rounds of severe weather has brought much of the spring migration to a halt in the region. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's BirdCast migration dashboard showed that after an estimated 2.63 million birds crossed Monday in Wisconsin, the movement flatlined through ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Anglers are reminded to review the 2026 Michigan Fishing Regulations to learn new rules approved by the Michigan Natural Resources Commission for the 2026 season. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has highlighted a few of them: Menominee River A new ...