Recreation
Exploring Michigan’s Pere Marquette River
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Since his college years, Doc Fletcher has been canoeing and kayaking the countless waterways in the Midwest. One of his favorite places to paddle is on the Pere Marquette River in Michigan.
Recreation
Another 1,000 miles of adventure
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Battle Creek resident and Michigan native Loreen Nienwenhuis is in the middle of a third 1,000 miler within the Great Lakes basin.
Recreation
Starting a Great Lakes island trek – sneak preview
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Great Lakes Echo recently interviewed Loreen Niewenhuis in the middle of her third 1,000 mile hike. She’s the author of A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach and A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Walk. Both chronicle her hiking adventures around the Great Lakes. This time she is hiking, biking and kayaking on islands in each of the five Great Lakes. Read about it here LINK. Her third book, tentatively titled A 1,000-mile Great Lakes Island Adventure, is scheduled to be released in June 2015.
Recreation
Great Lakes golf greens get freezer burn
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The winter damage delayed play while golf course managers made repairs.
Recreation
Researchers study how to keep lures on the line
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Lost lures can expand inside the stomach of fish. They don’t decompose underwater.
Recreation
Hiker built writing career one step at a time
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Great Lakes Echo recently caught up with Jim DuFresne, author of numerous travel and outdoor guidebooks for Michigan and elsewhere.
Recreation
Stargazers drawn to dark sky park
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Due to their locations away from city lights and often near water, dark sky parks offer enhanced opportunities to see, study, and enjoy the night sky and everything in it.
Recreation
Here’s how to cook those coveted morels
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It’s morel season in Michigan. The hard to cultivate, but delicious fungi is highly sought after by chefs. While many saute the mushroom in butter, there are plenty of other ways to cook the woodland delicacy.
Recreation
Here’s how to hunt for morels
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During the month of May, a different type of hunter takes to the Michigan woods. Their prey, the low-lying honeycomb shaped fungi, morels.
Recreation
“Little Traverse Bay” documents over a century of development
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The region began to boom as the area embraced a tourist-friendly identity, but surprisingly, many streets, buildings and community traditions have stayed firmly close to their origins of well over a hundred years ago.