It’s very convenient that the picture window at our home looks out where Solberg Creek feeds into Six Mile Lake. For the west side of the lake, it’s the last section to freeze up and the first to open up each spring. It provides a gauge of how quickly the ice might disappear, as the ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Michigan’s inland walleye management plan will be discussed when the Department of Natural Resources’ Western Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Council meets virtually Thursday. The public may participate by attending the virtual format. For instructions and ...

LANSING — Alpena, Berrien, Branch, Cass, Charlevoix, Chippewa, Dickinson, Leelanau, Gogebic and St. Joseph. If you spend time hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, birding or otherwise enjoying the outdoors on public lands in these counties, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources wants ...

... Northwoods notebook March is the meteorological start to spring, though the vernal equinox won’t arrive until March 20. But the avian signs already seem to point to a change in season. Both downstate Michigan and southern and central Wisconsin have had their first red-winged ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Leftover licenses for Michigan’s spring turkey hunt will go on sale starting Monday. Unsuccessful applicants get the first chance. Any remaining licenses become available at 10 a.m. Eastern time March 15. Licenses may be purchased online or from any license agent on a ...

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is accepting applications for a newly formed Wolf Management Plan Committee through March 19. The purpose of the WMPC will be to provide input, direction and recommendations to the department in developing an updated wolf ...