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Forgetting someone this Valentine’s Day?

February 11, 2021 No Comments

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Results of Manistee 2020 Christmas Bird Count

February 10, 2021 No Comments

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Snurfer inventor Sherman “Sherm” Poppen (R) with the 1969 snurfing competitors and their Snurfer boards. From left: Rick Tebeau, Tom Metzdorf, James T., and champion Ted Slater. There are two types of Snurfers. The wooden ones had a metal skeg (similar to a boat’s keel fin) at the rear, to facilitate turns on hard-packed snow or ice. Photo courtesy of Tracy Tebeau Kirksey.

‘Dropping in’ on a Snurfer

February 4, 2021 1 Comment

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The low-dune road to Starke Point runs between Lake Michigan and Arcadia Harbor.

The Starke Legacy and Shifting Sands

January 25, 2021 No Comments

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Bar Lake Outlet’s viewing platform was recently shored-up by steel, but the wheelchair ramp and stairs to the beach were destroyed by waves. 2019 photo by Pat Stinson.

Saving public access to Lake Michigan

January 24, 2021 No Comments

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Dan Robinson

‘Simply Folk’ show host has local roots

January 23, 2021 No Comments

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Mike Iseringhausen, owner of Northern Draught Solutions, beams after cleaning the tap system at FrankZ, a Frankfort restaurant. Photo by Joey Barcheski.

A Tap Takeover

January 17, 2021 No Comments

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Tom Buchanan serves a beer at Ludington Bay Brewing.

Meet The Beer Father: Tom Buchanan

January 17, 2021 1 Comment

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That’s the Spirit

January 16, 2021 No Comments

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Egg sacs from Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, an invasive insect, on a sprig from a hemlock tree. Photo by K. Grzesiak, courtesy of Ottawa County Training.

Ludington State Park sees coastal invaders: Little acts can stop this hemlock hitchhiker

January 13, 2021 No Comments

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Cleats on boots were a necessity to climb Pyramid Point in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on New Year's Day, 2020. Photo by Christine Stapleton.

Smart feet don’t fly (without wings)

January 10, 2021 No Comments

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Waiting for This Moment to Arise

January 9, 2021 No Comments

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