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Outdoors

TFT seeks donations for outdoor learning programs

EAGLE RIVER, Wis. — This holiday season, Trees For Tomorrow invites the community to give the gift of outdoor learning. TFT’s year-end giving campaign, TFT4All, helps ensure that students can explore, discover, and connect with the natural world through hands-on environmental education, ...

Muskies topic of next Outdoor Education program in Florence

FLORENCE, Wis. — The next Outdoor Education program will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, in the lower level conference room of the Florence Natural Resource Center, 5628 Forestry Drive on the corner of U.S. 2 and Highway 101/70 in Florence. Taylor Flannery, owner of Musky Guarantee Guide ...

Winter bird forecast somewhat brighter than a year ago

The past couple of years have seen generally slim pickings in the region in terms of avian visitors that can bring color to the otherwise drab palette of winter and make it worth the expense of putting out seed and suet. Last year I wrote in late December "no purple finches, no evening or ...

Outdoors report: Sagola club offers annual sight-in day for deer hunters

IRON MOUNTAIN — Sagola Township Sportsmen’s Club will hold its annual sight-in day Friday, Nov. 14, ahead of the Michigan firearm deer season opener. Starting at 7 a.m., the 100-yard rifle range will be manned by certified instructors. Targets and assistance will be provided free of ...

Outdoors report: Michigan DNR invites comments on state forest roads

A series of proposed updates to Michigan’s state forest roads is open for public review and comment. The Department of Natural Resources regularly reviews and updates the state forest road inventory to keep it accurate and aligned with current regulations. This year’s proposed changes are ...

Michigan expands tribal partnerships to restore native wild rice

Building on a longstanding partnership with Indigenous nations, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is intensifying its commitment to sowing manoomin, a native aquatic rice and staple of the Anishinaabe people. The DNR’s Wildlife Division, working with the Keweenaw Bay Indian ...