When I feed the birds — and, to be honest, the deer — the first to herald my arrival at the garden tractor shed each day are black-capped chickadees. They wait, not patiently, as the rolling door rattles up. I’ve learned over the years to put out seeds for them at the start, because ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is accepting applications for an opening on its 12-member Michigan State Parks Advisory Committee, saying the ideal candidate will be a resident of the Upper Peninsula. The committee advises and makes recommendation to the DNR on ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Keyes Peak Uphill Truck Drags are scheduled for Saturday, March 8. The annual side by side racing event grows more popular each year, organizers said. All types of modified trucks will race up snowy slopes to the finish line at the top of Keyes Peak off Highway 101 in ...

MARQUETTE — Applications for the Upper Peninsula’s Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative competitive grant program are due March 14. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources initiative is a cooperative grant program designed to enhance deer habitat on private lands in the ...

GOODMAN, Wis. — Two trapping teams and three calling teams collected a total of 59 predators during the Goodman-Armstrong Creek Lions Club’s predator hunt. The event took place earlier this month in conjunction with a meat raffle at Rocque’s 8-Hi Club in Goodman, where 325 pounds of ...

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources invites the public to join DNR staff on Wednesday at the DNR’s Peshtigo Field Office in Peshtigo for the sixth meeting in a nine-part series focused on fisheries management in northeast Wisconsin. This meeting is part of a ...