Nature - Northern Michigan

Keeping It Country

Can crops co-exist with homes? Full article... ( Nature News Nature )

The Mighty Mink Frog

Turn on your flashlight and go find one of summer's shyest creatures. Full article... ( Nature Outdoors Features News )

Geocachers: GPS Shopping

GPS recommendations from Up North guys in-the-know. Full article... ( Hike Nature Hike Nature )

Winging it: Sandhill Crane

Look for skyward for these large and beautiful harbingers of spring. Full article... ( Nature Features Nature )

Skunk Shampoo

Recipe for Skunk Shampoo. Full article... ( How To Nature How To Traverse )

Feed the Birds

How to recycle kitchen scraps to create tasty reats for Michigan's winter birds. Full article... ( Nature )

Ice by Any Other Name

The crew of the mighty Icebreaker Mackinaw came up with names for the kinds of ice that clattered against the hull as the ship broke its way through. Full article... ( Nature Outdoors Features )

Feral pigs are ugly beasts, the result of mating between escaped domestic hogs and wild boars. Now they are running wild in Northern Michigan in growing and alarming numbers. Full article... ( Nature Outdoors Features )

Disappearing Bees

Honeybees are abandoning their hives and vanishing in something called Colony Collapse Disorder. Full article... ( Nature Outdoors Features )

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... ( How To Nature Outdoors Features How To )

Dune Wonder

Varied dune ecology can be found in Grand Sable Dunes, Sleeping Bear Dunes and Nordhouse Dunes, including pitcher's thistle, piping plover and wolf spider. Full article... ( Attractions Nature Outdoors Features Attractions )

Hooking a Smallmouth Bass

Tips and gear for hooking smallmouth bass and three lakes in Northern Michigan where fisherman will find them. Full article... ( How To Fish Nature )

Why Bugs and Mushrooms Glow

Northern Michigan is full of bugs and mushrooms that glow on a summer night. Full article... ( Nature Outdoors Features News )

The Tree Doctors Are In

Gary and Megan Kuhlman are tree doctors, devoted to diagnosing and treating, if possible, diseased trees including white pines, birch, oaks as well as ashes infected with emerald ash borer. Full article... ( Nature )

The Bats of Mackinac Island

A look at why bats love Mackinac Island and why we should be happy they do. Full article... ( Nature )

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