{"id":68641,"date":"2025-10-29T15:26:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/?p=68641"},"modified":"2025-10-29T15:26:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:26:30","slug":"watch-bridge-lunch-break-on-the-ultimate-michigan-winter-bucket-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/events\/watch-bridge-lunch-break-on-the-ultimate-michigan-winter-bucket-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Bridge Lunch Break on the ultimate Michigan winter bucket list"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Outdoors Life reporter Laura Herberg asked readers to help her compile the ultimate Michigan winter bucket list<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Herberg compiled a list of 12 Michigan winter must-do\u2019s, from watching an ice fishing competition to climbing ice<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Herberg talked with readers and experts about having fun in the snow in the latest installment of the Bridge Michigan Lunch Break virtual discussion series<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A Michigan winter is no time to snooze, with so much to do in the great snowy outdoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was the message of a panel of readers and experts who spoke to Bridge Michigan Outdoors Life reporter Laura Herberg for the latest in our Lunch Break virtual discussion series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the help of reader suggestions, Herberg compiled the Winter Dreaming Michigan Bucket List, 12 Michigan must-do\u2019s in the colder months. 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Previous events have discussed the <a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/talent-education\/watch-bridge-lunch-break-discussion-on-michigans-education-crisis\/\">education crisis in Michigan<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/events\/watch-bridge-lunch-break-discussion-michigans-whitefish-crisis\/\">collapse of the whitefish population<\/a> in the lower Great Lakes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/events\/watch-bridge-lunch-break-michigan-summer-tourism-impact-foreign-travel\">Michigan summer tourism<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dbTV8teHlOs\">,<\/a> the changing landscape of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/center-michigan\/watch-bridge-lunch-break-deer-hunting-trends-michigan\">deer hunting in the state<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/center-michigan\/watch-bridges-lunch-break-michigan-opioid-epidemic\">spending of Michigan\u2019s opioid settlement funds<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/center-michigan\/watch-our-bridge-lunch-break-event-about-gun-violence-michigan\">solutions to gun violence in Michigan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/events\/watch-bridge-lunch-break-michigan-population-cities-and-spaces\">Michigan\u2019s population crisis, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/center-michigan\/join-bridge-lunch-break-discussion-youth-mental-health-michigan\">youth mental health in Michigan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/events\/watch-bridges-lunch-break-discussion-michigans-industrial-legacy\">the legacy of the automotive industry on the state\u2019s environment and economy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/outdoors-life\/12-items-to-add-to-your-michigan-winter-bucket-list\/\"><strong>12 items to add to your Michigan winter bucket list<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/talent-education\/watch-bridge-lunch-break-discussion-on-michigans-education-crisis\/\"><strong>Watch Bridge Lunch Break discussion on Michigan\u2019s education crisis<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/events\/watch-bridge-lunch-break-discussion-michigans-whitefish-crisis\/\"><strong>Watch Bridge Lunch Break discussion on Michigan\u2019s disappearing whitefish<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/BLB_Oct24\">Become a Bridge Club member<\/a> to be notified of future events from our nonprofit newsroom and receive member-exclusive benefits such as free Bridge event tickets, copies of our bimonthly Bridge Culture Club selections and more. 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