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Outdoors

Trappers to meet in Bruce Crossing

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Upper Peninsula Trappers Association will have a reorganizational meeting Saturday, March 29, to help recruit, retain and reactivate trappers — or those interested in learning about trapping — in Gogebic, Ontonagon and Iron counties. The District 2 meeting will be at ...

DNR hopes to confirm cougar is with her cubs

The news Thursday that cougar cubs had turned up in the Upper Peninsula — Michigan’s first confirmed wild cubs in more than a century — sparked both elation and worry. The elation came that a female cougar may have actually made the 900-plus-miles journey from most likely the Black ...

UP moose project

Researchers in the Upper Peninsula this winter met their primary goal of capturing and collaring 20 moose, including five calves, five bulls and 10 cows. The tracking collars will help them learn more about the Upper Peninsula core moose population, which has been declining. The “Factors ...

Annual Sportsman’s Seminar March 15 in Iron Mountain

IRON MOUNTAIN — Family Baptist Church of Iron Mountain will host its 27th-annual Sportsman’s Seminar beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 15. The hunting and fishing activities will be at Iron Mountain’s Central Middle School gymnasium and cafeteria, 300 W. Hughitt St. Attendees can enjoy ...

Spring breakers get a reminder; snow trail season is mostly over

IRON MOUNTAIN — In Michigan, anyone born on or after Dec. 31, 1978, must have a boater safety certificate to legally operate a personal watercraft, such as a Jet Ski. If you need a safety certificate, you can take recreational safety education courses online at your own pace. Find out more ...