Latest news, weather, high school sports for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Because of our late spring, wildfire season is now just beginning here in the Upper Peninsula

Monday, August 13, 2012  State and Michigan Tech University officials are looking at harvesting state land to stop disease spreading in Michigan's forests

Monday, July 16, 2012  People filled the Ottawa National Forest Center to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Michigan Wilderness Act

Tuesday, June 26, 2012  Forests take years to regenerate after a wildfire but are often healthier than before

Thursday, May 31, 2012  If you look for an area where there was a wildfire or prescribed burn, typically the year after that is when you're going to find a nice crop of morels

Monday, February 13, 2012  He recently helped with a legislation that would streamline the legal process for cutting down trees in federal forests

Thursday, September 01, 2011  Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and U.S. Forestry, Debbie Stabenow says it's time to hone in on the products that could defeat the current battle at the pump

Wednesday, July 20, 2011  Logging is one of the oldest industries in the U.P., but in recent years, many jobs have been lost

Thursday, March 10, 2011  The Department of Natural Resources will hold a forest fire simulation next week to help train their fire management team