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Catch of the Day

Michigan company creates endangered species game

By Will Grimm | April 24, 2019

Gamers with an environmental interest have until Friday to order a special edition of  a new board game designed around helping endangered species.

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Can a name change bring more visitors to Indiana Dunes?

By Andrew Blok | April 8, 2019

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?

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What’s the recipe for a Michigan beautiful place?

By David Poulson | March 26, 2019

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

By Gina Navaroli | February 12, 2019

The popular waterway is known for public recreation and secret musky holes.

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More women are fishin’—but not enough to offset the drop in men

By Eric Freedman | January 30, 2019

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.

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With preseason sales up, snowmobile industry hoping for snow

By Kaley Fech | November 28, 2018

Traffic on Michigan snowmobile trails took a nosedive during the recession but was up last year.

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Blazing trails – water trails – in Michigan

By CurrentCast | August 8, 2018

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  

By Carin Tunney | July 2, 2018

Faced with the challenge of aging enthusiasts, Great Lakes lighthouse keepers shift gears to attract younger audiences of lighthouse lovers.

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Iconic Michigan lighthouse launches ambitious renovation to ready for overnight stays

By Carin Tunney | June 28, 2018

How would you like to spend the night in a 1950s-style offshore lighthouse with no land in sight?

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Catch more trout–if you can!

By Kaley Fech | May 16, 2018

Angling for brook trout? Fourteen U.P. counties — Menominee is the sole exception — now have at least one stream where the daily bag limit for brook trout is five rather than 10.

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Environmental news of the Great Lakes region from the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University.

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