August 2007

Disappearing Bees

Disappearing Bees

Honeybees are abandoning their hives and vanishing in something called Colony Collapse Disorder. Full article...

Finding August's Moths at Night

Finding August's Moths at Night

Tips for finding four varieties of moths on an August night, including Catocala cara, Catocala amatrix, Catocala relicta, Catocala ilia. Full article...

Hemingway's Young Summers

Hemingway's Young Summers

In 1919, Ernest Hemingway, physically and emotionally injured from World War 1, writes a friend asking him to join him to recoup in Northern Michigan, where Hemingway spent wonderful boyhood summers. Full article...

Into the Belly of the Ballast

Into the Belly of the Ballast

Venture down into the bowels of a 656-foot ocean freighter with four leading experts in aquatic invasive species as they test the ballast water in an effort to seal off a devastating pathway. Full article...

Phil Nowicki's 8,773-foot Sausage

Phil Nowicki's 8,773-foot Sausage

Profile of Phil Nowicki from Rogers City, who made it into the Guinness Book of World Records in 1977 for making a 8,773-foot sausage. Full article...

Q&A: Mike Conrad, White Birch Lodge

Q&A: Mike Conrad, White Birch Lodge

We check in with Mike Conrad, who helps coordinate the weekly water shows at Elk Rapids' historic resort, White Birch Lodge. Full article...

Seduced by the U.P.'s Sylvania

Seduced by the U.P.'s Sylvania

A canoe trip through the Sylvania Wilderness Area of the Ottawa National Forest, including Clark Lake, Crooked Lake and Florence Lake. Full article...

Thumbnail portrait: Frankfort

Thumbnail portrait: Frankfort

Profile of a day in the town of Frankfort including where to eat, bike, go to the beach, boat and stay the night. Full article...

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