Hiking
Minong Ridge Trail: One tough trek
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The Minong Ridge trail on Isle Royale is “arguably the hardest hike in Michigan.”
Echo
Lake Erie paddleboarders leave as scheduled
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Three paddleboarders set out this morning as scheduled on an 80-mile trip across Lake Erie to raise money for Great Lakes research.
Catch of the Day
Michigan company creates endangered species game
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Gamers with an environmental interest have until Friday to order a special edition of a new board game designed around helping endangered species.
Homepage Featured
Can a name change bring more visitors to Indiana Dunes?
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The National Park Service operates memorials, historic sites, nature preserves, parkways, parks and dozens of other facilities. Sixty-one are national parks and three are national lakeshores. Can a name change draw visitors?
Catch of the Day
What’s the recipe for a Michigan beautiful place?
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MLive recently published a list of the most beautiful places in each Michigan county.
Catch of the Day
Clarion named Pennsylvania’s river of the year
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The popular waterway is known for public recreation and secret musky holes.
angling
More women are fishin’—but not enough to offset the drop in men
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The findings of a recent study reflect a major challenge facing natural resource agencies in the Great Lakes region: how to recruit, retain and reactivate anglers.
Homepage Featured
With preseason sales up, snowmobile industry hoping for snow
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Traffic on Michigan snowmobile trails took a nosedive during the recession but was up last year.
Podcasts
Blazing trails – water trails – in Michigan
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Marked water trails in this state make it easy for people to give paddling a try.
lighthouses
Lighthouse keepers shift attention to empty nesters, modern marketing
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Faced with the challenge of aging enthusiasts, Great Lakes lighthouse keepers shift gears to attract younger audiences of lighthouse lovers.