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Outdoors

Work planned at Bond Falls

PAULDING — To accommodate an all-volunteer Michigan Cares for Tourism workforce, portions of Bond Falls Scenic Site in Ontonagon County will be closed Monday and Tuesday. The parking area, boardwalk and trail will be closed Monday at 4 p.m. through Tuesday at 5 p.m. for maintenance and ...

Long Lake club to elect officers

LONG LAKE, Wis. — The Big 4-Plus Sportsman’s Club in Long Lake, Wis., will have its election of officers at the annual general membership meeting Tuesday, Oct. 12. Several board member positions are open. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the clubhouse in Long Lake. Any questions ...

‘Childhood’ in the wild is swift

As area students head back to school, I’m struck again by the contrast between human growth and development versus many of the other creatures around us. We humans are born relatively hairless and completely helpless. That’s not unique. Newborn mice often emerge as near-fetal ...

Black bear season to open Wednesday

IRON MOUNTAIN — Black bear hunting opens Wednesday in both the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin. Dogs are prohibited during the first five days of the U.P. hunt. Wisconsin takes a different approach, allowing hunting with the aid of dogs only for the first week of the season while ...

Wisconsin DNR chairman: Nothing wrong with talking with conservatives

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The chairman of the Department of Natural Resources policy board said Thursday he did nothing wrong when he consulted with a Republican congressman and an aide to the GOP state Senate leader about refusing to step down from his position. Fred Prehn’s term ended in ...

Wildlife groups sue to stop Wisconsin wolf hunt

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A coalition of wildlife advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday to stop Wisconsin's wolf hunt this fall and invalidate a state law mandating annual hunts, arguing the statutes don't give wildlife officials any leeway to consider population estimates. The lawsuit comes ...