September 18, 2008 – 12:51 pm
The Library of Michigan is spearheading a series of special events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1958 publication of Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver. Traver was the pen name of Marquette County attorney, prosecutor, and Michigan Supreme Court Justice, John D. Voelker, who used his experience with the legal system to [...]
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August 26, 2008 – 10:36 am
Blaney Park Dude Ranch by smartee_martee Travelers who turn off US 2 and head north on M-77 for the Seney Wildlife Refuge, Munising or Marquette quickly pass a group of buildings on either side of the road. These buildings, while still in apparently good repair, go largely unused. There is little indication they were once [...]
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August 22, 2008 – 12:22 pm
Nina (nasunto) spent 4 days, 3 nights backpacking at the Grand Island National Recreation Area in the Hiawatha National Forest. It’s an amazing place that offers great hiking & camping along with killer views as you can clearly see in her Grand Island National Recreation Area set (slideshow). Other sets in her Michigan collection include [...]
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August 12, 2008 – 4:34 pm
copper harbor fisherman by Michphotog Jutting out into the cold, blue waters of Lake Superior is the rugged and picturesque coast of the Keweenaw Peninsula. Better known as the “Copper Country,†this land of scenic beauty was endowed by nature with a treasure trove of pure, native copper. At the tip of this northernmost part [...]
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Together. by Rick Spillers Eric Hansen is the author of “Hiking Michigan’s Upper Peninsula” and “Hiking Wisconsin”. In this morning’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, he has an editorial titled Headwaters are no place for toxic new mining that begins: Take a moment to think about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and the nearby patches of Wisconsin, Lake Superior [...]
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For more on this issue visit Save the Wild UP and also check out Anatomy of a mine: Lansing hearings put U.P. wilderness on trial from the Lansing City Pulse: The hearings hit hard rock Wednesday, April 30, when a white-haired man in suspenders slowly made his way to the stand, leaning on a cane. [...]
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Pictured Rocks Waterfall by ER Post There’s so much that I want to say about the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore that I have no idea where to start. Maybe all I need to say is that it’s my favorite place on earth, and that I really hope you get a chance to visit there soon. [...]
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April 30, 2008 – 10:05 am
It’s probably fitting that we close out Garden Month with the largest lifeform in Michigan: The Humongous Fungus. According to the Crystal Falls, Michigan web site (which also provided the photo): Crystal Falls is “Home of the Humungous Fungus”, perhaps the world’s largest and oldest living organism. It covers 38 acres beneath an Iron County [...]
April 18, 2008 – 11:16 am
Peter writes that this was a huge eagle, and he doesn’t think it could have possibly offered him a better display of its beauty. It’s a crop of this photo and part of an amazing set of photos taken of bald eagles in the Eastern UP (see them bigger in the slideshow). He has some [...]
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