IRON MOUNTAIN — Bear hunting is underway in both Michigan and Wisconsin, with bait, dogs and other legal hunting methods allowed in the Upper Peninsula beginning Monday. The U.P. has an estimated population of nearly 11,000 bears that are at least a year old, according to the Michigan ...

ESCANABA — The second-annual Bay Area Veterans Fishing Derby is happening today in Escanaba. The group is fishing in the morning and then, at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time, will meet at the Karas Bandshell in Escanaba’s Ludington Park. They will eat lunch and prizes will be handed out to ...

Most humans have the luxury of watching the seasons change many times. We often groan about what we have to endure when winter takes hold. But for a number of species, the arrival of autumn signals they are not long for this world. Take a good look at the wasps and bumble bees now ...

OUTDOORS REPORT IRON MOUNTAIN — Michigan’s Liberty Hunt takes place next weekend, introducing updated deer regulations that will be in effect through 2025. Participants in the Liberty Hunt, a firearm hunt for youth and disabled hunters, will be able to shoot more than one deer. The limit ...

The meteorological summer of 2023 will draw to close this coming week with the end of August. The days are growing noticeably shorter. Sunset at the start of August came at about 8:20 p.m., but by Thursday it will be only a couple minutes after 7:30 p.m. Already, some of the maple trees ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will hold a forest management open house Tuesday, Sept. 5, in Crystal Falls. The open houses are informal sessions that give the public a chance to speak with foresters, wildlife biologists and other resource professionals. ...