From icy plunges to elk bugles, Michigan has a year’s worth of outdoor adventures waiting for you. Read on for 12 ways to get outside and make the most of every season.
Upper Peninsula
Posted inOutdoors Life
Wolf debate rages on in Michigan’s UP
Public attitudes toward wolves are split in the Upper Peninsula, a new study finds.
Posted inQuality of Life
Russian cargo jet grounded 16 years in Upper Peninsula may soon fly again
The plane was grounded in 2009 amid court battles over who had rights to the aircraft. Today, Ukrainian engineers plan to ready the plane for new life.
Posted inTalent & Education
Rural Michigan broadband access to jump with $920M in fed funding
There are 22 counties — mostly in northern Michigan or the Upper Peninsula — where under 60% of homes have broadband access.
Posted inOutdoors Life
Ski season has arrived in Michigan and conditions are ‘good’
With snow on the ground and weather ripe for snowmaking, ski areas in the state are beginning to open back up.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Line 5 tunnel option ‘rushed’ and unsafe, opponents say
Years into its review of a proposal to move Line 5 from the open water of the Great Lakes into a concrete-lined underground tunnel, the US Army Corps of Engineers has added a new option to the mix.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Wolves on Isle Royale switch from moose to beavers. Will it alter ecosystem?
A new study reveals how gray wolves in Isle Royale National Park seasonally alter their habitat preferences to align with beavers’ habitat preferences, a shift that might have implications for the island’s ecosystem.
Posted inBusiness Watch
Michigan farm values growing faster than nation amid data center boom
Michigan led the US in farmland price increases last year, rising 7.8% compared to 4.3% nationally. Demand is rising along with development.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Invasive earthworms altering soil in UP forests, research shows
Scientists studying the body size and growth patterns of non-native earthworms in the UP’s Huron Mountains say they are disrupting forest ecosystems.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Feds eye new option for Michigan Line 5: No concrete tunnel, horizontal drilling
As it weighs the fate of Line 5, the US Army Corps of Engineers is quietly pitching a major alternative: Rather than moving the pipeline into a concrete tunnel, Enbridge could use ‘horizontal directional drilling’ to place it into a much narrower borehole.