By Rachel Coale, Emma Kukuk, and Rachel Leightner Michigan Department of Natural Resources A cold palace, solitude and a queen. This story may seem familiar, but we’re not talking about magical Elsa from Disney’s “Frozen.” Allow us to explain. Fuzzy bumblebees that...
By Pete Wurdock The Upper Peninsula is on the verge of the fourth season of the year. Winter doesn’t arrive for another month, but in between autumn and the Winter Solstice therein lies the most highly anticipated season of the year for many: Michigan’s firearm deer...
By Carol Stiffler and Kristie Sitar The Newberry office of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has a few questions for local youth: What do you like to do outside? And how can the DNR help? To get feedback from some of the U.P.’s younger outdoorsmen and...
By Brenda Haskill Forester Michigan Department of Natural Resources Growing up on the edge of the Pigeon River Country State Forest near Johannesburg in the northeast Lower Peninsula, I developed an early love for the forest. I was raised in a logging family and my...
The Conference of Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers, a Chicago-based organization representing the Governors of the Great Lakes States and the Canadian Premiers of Ontario and Québec, today launched its “100% Whitefish” initiative that includes a...
Some people talk about the importance of taking care of the natural world around us; others put that belief into action that yields tangible change and positively influences everyone around them. Dr. Howard Tanner – former director of the DNR and longtime fisheries...
