Case in point: Local mountain bikers helped bring the new Grand Rapids Bike Park to fruition.
Grand Traverse County Traverse City, MI
Case in point: Local mountain bikers helped bring the new Grand Rapids Bike Park to fruition.
Canoeing and kayaking calls for precautions anytime, but last week’s rain created high-water conditions that are especially precarious.
Proponents tout the deal as an economic boon for the fiscally depressed region. Michigan’s conservation and environmental community says not so fast.
Walter Russell was a medic in Japan at the close of World War II when he carried on a friendship with the late Dr. Walter Oliver through letters, which often included fishing stories and memories.
Last year’s prosecution of an angler who kept a sturgeon he caught on the Grand River in Grand Rapids is a good reminder that it’s a protected species.
The passport goes into effect in October and will do away with daily entry fees at state parks for Michigan residents and reduce the cost of annual admission from $24 to $10.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s newly appointed Snowmobile and Trails Advisory Committee includes only one member who doesn’t have motorized interests.
Increasing the possession limits for perch, bluegill, pike, bass and other sport fish in the state and offering a 72-hour fishing license for out-of-state anglers are no-brainers.
State wildlife chief Russ Mason argues that not only are wild pigs an “ecological nightmare,” they threaten the half-billion dollar hog business.
Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell says his snack of choice while on a multi-day wilderness hike is beef jerky, while others are nuts over energy bars and chocolate.