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Train on Hopkins Pier, Pierport, Mich. Photo courtesy of Historical Arcadia, Michigan

From Turnersport to Pierport and beyond

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Image for From the farm: spring greens and growing roots is of lettuce, spring greens, bok choy and radishes at Z&N Farm, Bear Lake. Photo by Nicole Mezeske.

From the Farm: Spring greens and growing roots

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Black knot on a fruit tree. Photo by Pat Stinson.

Stop! That’s not Chaga

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Yellow Dog Café owner, baker and head barista Bonnie McPhedran is the third generation of her family involved in food service. Photo by Pat Stinson.

‘Sit’ and ‘Stay’ at the Yellow Dog Café

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Dam on the Little Manistee River, site of the MDNR fish weir. Photo by Mark Videan.

A Pass on FishPass?

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Baltimore oriole. Photo by Mark Videan.

Birding in Spring

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Jay Stielstra and Judy Banker & Friends performing for Stockbridge Summer Market Music Series in Stockbridge, Mich. Left to right: Drew Howard, Jay Stielstra, Judy Banker and David Roof. Photo courtesy of JudyBanker.com

A Timeless Waltz with the Manistee River

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Start Your Engines: Baldwin’s Blessing of the Bikes Begins

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Holstein cow. Photo courtesy of Arnaud Liegeois, Pixabay.

Make your day: Hug a cow

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Wallace Humphrey using the Osborne Fire Finder device while manning the Glovers Lake Fire Tower, about 1950. Courtesy photo.

Wallace Humphrey: Last of the Glovers Lake Fire Spotters

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“I want summer now,” said Freshwater Reporter contributor Nikki Schneider, when asked what to name her story. We think it’s the best description of this farmstand photo, taken by co-owner Nicole Mezeske of Z&N Farm.

Planting seeds of hope at Z&N Farm

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: Operator of a logging machine in Pere Marquette State Forest. Photo by Stewart McFerran

Up One Day, Down the Next

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