MARQUETTE — With temperatures dropping to 18 degrees below zero, rescuers in Alger County were sent to Clyde Lake to find three snowmobilers whose sleds had fallen through the ice into the water.
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DNR resolves two U.P. wolf poaching incidents
MARQUETTE — Michigan conservation officers obtained confessions Tuesday from two Upper Peninsula men suspected in separate, unrelated wolf poaching incidents in Ontonagon and Menominee counties.
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Rainfall closes campgrounds at Baraga, Porcupine Mountains state parks
BARAGA — Significant rainfall over several days has forced the early closure of campgrounds at Baraga State Park in Baraga County and Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Ontonagon County. The modern campgrounds at both parks were closed Wednesday for the remainder of the season.
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Winter U.P. snowshoe, cross-country ski trails lantern-lit at state parks
As darkness takes over a wintery evening in the Upper Peninsula, there is no need to stay indoors. Lanterns at state parks and trails make for evening fun.
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DNR wildlife biologists conducting U.P. wolf survey
On a snow-swept back road in Delta County, a Michigan Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist drives his vehicle slowly. Watching out his windows, he scans each set of animal tracks he sees pushed into the fresh snow.
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Upper Peninsula deer habitat improvement grants available
MARQUETTE – The application period for $50,000 in Upper Peninsula deer habitat improvement grant funding offered by the Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division is now open, with a deadline of Friday, March 21. The Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative (DHIPI) is a cooperative grant program designed to enhance deer habitat on non-state-owned land in the Upper Peninsula.
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MDOT approves ORV connector routes in 12 Upper Peninsula locations
MARQUETTE – The first connector routes proposed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to allow off-road vehicles (ORVs) to travel in the rights of way, including some shoulders of state highways, have been approved by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT).
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Iron Industry Museum hosts vintage toy mini-exhibit
NEGAUNEE – Visitors to the Michigan Iron Industry Museum in Negaunee can see a selection of items from Joe Sutter’s Toy Collection, a new mini-exhibit displayed in the museum’s commons area. The collection features toy cars, toy soldiers, a Daisy BB gun, a Lone Ranger hat, Kellogg’s Pep collector buttons, Joe Sutter’s circa-1940s Eagle Scout uniform, a Superman Krypto-Raygun and more. The mini-exhibit will run from Nov. 18 through April 2014. Joe Russell Sutter spent his childhood in Wakefield in the Upper Peninsula. Many of his toys were made in Michigan, by companies such as Wyandotte Toys and the Daisy
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Proposed final regional state forest plans available for public review
MARQUETTE – The Department of Natural Resources today announced that its proposed final Regional State Forest Management Plans (RSFMPs) – designed to help the DNR sustainably manage Michigan’s nearly 4 million acres of state forest land – are now available for final public review. The plans and other information are posted on the DNR website at www.michigan.gov/regionalforestplans.
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Wolf hunting licenses for U.P. hunt on sale Saturday
MARQUETTE – Wolf hunting licenses go on sale in Michigan starting at noon EDT Saturday. A total of 1,200 licenses will be available for purchase. Wolf license sales end Oct. 31, or before, if the license quota is met.
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