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Outdoors

Bear season nearly here; Michigan DNR drafts forest plan

IRON MOUNTAIN — Wisconsin’s bear season opens Wednesday in the northern zones, where license quotas are the same as a year ago. Statewide, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued 10% fewer bear hunting licenses this year. In Zone B in the northeast there were 5,551 applicants ...

The grand procession

“Whoa, it came out of the sky landed just a little south of Moline.” — John Fogerty It was one of those rare moments when I felt like I was momentarily in a Hollywood motion picture. My character was not unlike that of an unnamed farmer who, in digging with a long-handled spade in ...

Harsh reality of paths that cross

Since the Daily News switched to mail delivery, basically making us a morning newspaper, I regularly drive home late at night after finishing the next day’s edition. I go fairly slow and often will pull over to let others pass, because I prefer to travel at my own pace. I’ve reached ...

DNR podcast highlights grouse hunting in the UP

IRON MOUNTAIN — A new episode of the Wildtalk Podcast produced by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources focuses on Grouse Enhanced Management Sites, or GEMS, in the Upper Peninsula. GEMS are bird hunting locations that offer walking trails. Each site also has a parking lot with ...

Allowable e-bike operation expands under DNR order

Allowable use of Class 1 electric bicycles on state-managed, nonmotorized bicycle trails/pathways has expanded after approval of a proposed Michigan Department of Natural Resources land use order. DNR Director Scott Bowen approved the land use order change last week during the Michigan ...