Feed the Birds

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

Feral Pigs Are Running Wild in Northern Michigan

Feral Pigs Are Running Wild in Northern Michigan

Feral pigs, a hybrid escaped domestic hogs and wild boars, are multiplying and running wild in the woods of Northern Michigan. 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...

Disappearing Bees

Disappearing Bees

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

Sylvania Paddling Resources

Sylvania Paddling Resources

Campgrounds, permits and outfitters for people wanting to canoe, kayak or paddle the Sylvania Wildnerness Area in the Ottawa National Forest. Full article...

Dune Wonder

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...

Hooking a Smallmouth Bass

Hooking a Smallmouth Bass

Tips and gear for hooking smallmouth bass and three lakes in Northern Michigan where fisherman will find them. Full article...

Why Bugs and Mushrooms Glow

Why Bugs and Mushrooms Glow

Northern Michigan is full of bugs and mushrooms that glow on a summer night. Full article...

The Tree Doctors Are In

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...

Skunk Shampoo

Skunk Shampoo

Recipe for Skunk Shampoo. Full article...

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