The watch continues on whether Six Mile Lake’s loon pair will successfully hatch chicks this summer. A loon was still on nest Friday, roughly two weeks since I’d spotted one among the tall grasses and other vegetation in a narrow side pool where the lake flows into Six Mile Creek. While ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources today is marking the 80th anniversary of the Northern Highland Fishery Research Area, one of the longest-running fisheries research projects in the world. Located in Vilas County and including the Northwoods lakes of Escanaba, Nebish, Pallette, ...

ESCANABA — Heimo and Edna Korth of “The Last Alaskans” will be on hand at the U.P. Trappers Association Convention and Outdoor Expo set for July 10 and 11 at the U.P. State Fairgrounds in Escanaba Heimo Korth will be sharing “Stories from the Arctic – Slideshow and Q&A” in his ...

I got home early enough from my job last Friday night that my mom was still awake. She had a story for me about her day but didn’t take photos because she was worried “I’d put it in the paper.” Good guess, because hell yeah I’d put this in the paper — my 86-year-old mom handled ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Menominee County led the way in Upper Peninsula spring turkey harvests, according to data from Michigan's Turkey Harvest Report Summary. In the first year of mandatory reporting, the Department of Natural Resources reports 289 toms taken in Menominee County during the ...

FELCH TOWNSHIP — Six Mile Lake again has nesting loons, raising the possibility a chick might be produced for a second straight year. While scanning the small side pool where the lake flows into Six Mile Creek, I thought I caught sight of a loon in the water. That, to my embarrassment, ...