Category Archives: Hunting & Fishing

Remembering legendary Michigan outdoorsman Fred Trost

July 19, 2007 – 10:59 am

The LSJ reports that Fred Trost, longtime host of the popular hunting and fishing show Michigan Outdoors and also the Practical Sportsman, died yesterday.
"He was a big deal," said Tony Hansen, editor of Michigan Out-of-Doors Magazine. "He was the first outdoor media star. Kind of a larger-than-life personality"
For the last several years, Trost provided the [...]

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The AuSable River Canoe Marathon

July 18, 2007 – 9:22 am

Ready to start the Au Sable Canoe Marathon by JeffOYB
The 60th annual AuSable River Canoe Marathon will be held next weekend (July 28 - 29, 2007). The race is billed as the longest non-stop canoe race in North America.
Wikipedia's Au Sable River Canoe Marathon entry says:
The Au Sable River Canoe Marathon is an annual 120 [...]

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Five Things you need to know about Michigan for Wednesday, June 27, 2007

June 27, 2007 – 9:58 am

Vacation Time?
There's an interesting speech by Sen. Mark Schauer (D-Battle Creek) wondering if now is a good time for members of the Senate to take a summer recess, pointing out (quite rightly) that schools, local government and others are waiting for hard numbers for the upcoming budget year. To see it, go to the Michigan [...]

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Key provision of Michigan Environmental Protection Act under fire

June 22, 2007 – 8:57 am

Sometimes by Andy McFarlane
Well, this is a little weighty for a Friday, but in light of that fact that "environment" is a synonym for "the place we'll go to have fun this weekend" I think it's necessary.
In a case before the Michigan Supreme Court, attorneys for Nestle Waters North America contend that a Michigan law [...]

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Trout Fishing … in a kayak?

March 29, 2007 – 9:09 am

Trout fishing in a kayak? Who'da thunk it, but he actually caught one, two ... man this guy is good.

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Celebrate Michigan's water on World Water Day

March 22, 2007 – 9:59 am

Tahquamenon Falls State Park 1993
by Steven Mullen
Today is World Water Day and it seems to me that above all else, water is what makes Michigan special. From the trickle of tiny streams to the tens of thousands of lakes to the roaring rivers and falls to the massive Great Lakes, Michigan is the truly water [...]

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Is the Michigan Environmental Protection Act in need of protection?

March 20, 2007 – 5:48 am

Resting on the River Bottom by simply, Diann
The Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council (NMEAC) is the first group to officially campaign to protect the 37-year-old Michigan Environmental Protection Act from a potentially devastating Michigan Supreme Court ruling due later this year. According to the NMEAC release:
An attorney for Nestle argued on January 11 before the [...]

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Introducing the Save the Wild UP Video Challenge

March 19, 2007 – 8:10 am

Absolute Michigan is pleased to introduce (and host) the Save the Wild UP Video Challenge.
In a nutshell, Save the Wild UP is challenging you to make a YouTube video that shows why Michigan must protect its rivers, lakes and streams. Everyone will vote on the best and the winners will receive all kinds of prizes, [...]

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Michigan's reps speak for Great Lakes … but will anything get done?

March 8, 2007 – 9:33 am

Zebra Mussel Shell by mybunnyrexie
The Lansing State Journal reports that Michigan and Great Lakes US Reps on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment were more than a bit testy at a hearing to examine the problems posed by the zebra mussel, the sea lamprey and other invader species.
Rep. Candice Miller, [...]

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Radio interview with writer Jim Harrison

March 7, 2007 – 7:58 am

cemetery by kellylj
Jim Harrison's latest novel, Returning to Earth, is set in the Upper Peninsula and Tom Ashcroft interviewed him last night on the NPR radio program On Point:
Poet, screenwriter and novelist Jim Harrison writes in the old style -- of big appetites, big passions, earthy love, men's men, and the woods. He did it [...]

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