Outdoors Archives - The Newberry News https://mynewberrynews.com/category/outdoors/ Your Luce County Community Newspaper Wed, 15 May 2024 15:49:59 +0000 en hourly 1 https://mynewberrynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/favicon.ico Outdoors Archives - The Newberry News https://mynewberrynews.com/category/outdoors/ 32 32 Wildlife Friday Woodcock Walk https://mynewberrynews.com/outdoors/wildlife-friday-woodcock-walk/ Thu, 16 May 2024 12:00:50 +0000 https://mynewberrynews.com/?p=11712 What is that noise in the dark? Could it be an American Woodcock? Or a Snipe winnowing? Or maybe a Whip-poor-will?]]> Help create Monarch waystations across Michigan https://mynewberrynews.com/outdoors/help-create-monarch-waystations-across-michigan/ Fri, 03 May 2024 20:56:04 +0000 https://mynewberrynews.com/?p=10706 Monarch butterflies are on their way back from Mexico – will your yard be ready to host them?]]> Third annual Youth in the Outdoors Survey https://mynewberrynews.com/outdoors/third-annual-youth-in-the-outdoors-survey/ Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:30:19 +0000 https://mynewberrynews.com/?p=10602 For the third year in a row, Newberry DNR Wildlife Division staff offered a Youth in the Outdoors survey to local youth.]]> Will ABJ and Fe get back together this year? https://mynewberrynews.com/outdoors/will-abj-and-fe-get-back-together-this-year/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:23:17 +0000 https://mynewberrynews.com/?p=10558 Seney National Wildlife Refuge’s most famous pair has returned. The world’s oldest known loons, ABJ and Fe, successfully migrated back to the refuge this spring.]]> Over 10 tons of marine debris removed for Lake Superior https://mynewberrynews.com/outdoors/over-10-tons-of-marine-debris-removed-for-lake-superior/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:30:53 +0000 https://mynewberrynews.com/?p=10553 More than 200 miles of Lake Superior shoreline recently benefitted from a group effort that removed more than 10 tons of debris from the shoreline.]]> Enchanting owls: Your guide to Michigan’s winter birds https://mynewberrynews.com/outdoors/enchanting-owls-your-guide-to-michigans-winter-birds/ Sun, 17 Dec 2023 17:17:21 +0000 https://mynewberrynews.com/?p=9829 These owls spend the winter in Michigan each year for its warmer, balmier weather, which is considerably warmer than the northern boreal forests and Arctic tundra they left behind!]]> Can you identify that leafless tree? https://mynewberrynews.com/outdoors/can-you-identify-that-leafless-tree/ Sat, 09 Dec 2023 18:38:10 +0000 https://mynewberrynews.com/?p=9778 Bewilderment often greets the dormant season forest visitor in terms of tree identification. However, that’s because most of us have been trained to look at only the leaves and are left unfamiliar with the many other signs.]]> Hunting the EUP’s hunting access program lands https://mynewberrynews.com/outdoors/hunting-the-eups-hunting-access-program-lands/ Fri, 01 Dec 2023 19:38:53 +0000 https://mynewberrynews.com/?p=9732 The Hunting Access Program provides nearly 5,600 acres of private land open to small game and sharp-tail grouse hunting in Chippewa and Mackinac counties.]]> Youth in the Outdoors survey & weekly prize drawings https://mynewberrynews.com/outdoors/youth-in-the-outdoors-survey-weekly-prize-drawings/ Fri, 17 Nov 2023 19:15:42 +0000 https://mynewberrynews.com/?p=9643 Starting November 13, students 18 years old and under can complete a Youth in the Outdoors Survey to the Newberry DNR Customer Service Center to be entered into a weekly prize drawing through January 12.]]> Cookhouse stew: A burning urge https://mynewberrynews.com/outdoors/cookhouse-stew-a-burning-urge/ Thu, 09 Nov 2023 11:52:45 +0000 https://mynewberrynews.com/?p=9583 In this age of concern about petro-chemicals monkeying with the climate, it’s comforting to know that we sometimes have eco-friendly alternatives.]]>