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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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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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 [...]
February 28, 2007 – 9:00 am
Full disclosure: Absolute Michigan is actively working with Save the Wild UP.
Is Acid Mine Drainage for Michigan?
Also see What is Acid Mine Drainage?
As readers may be aware, we at Absolute Michigan are firmly opposed to anything that harms the beauty and health of Michigan's environment. Today we would like to introduce you to one of [...]
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February 23, 2007 – 10:16 am
Perch Fishing on the Breakwall
at Sundown by simply, Diann
The Detroit News reports that hunting fees would double and fishing license fees would almost double under a $115 million package of fee increases proposed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Rep. Joel Sheltrown, D-West Branch, chairman of the House Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and Natural Resources Committee is quoted [...]
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February 21, 2007 – 9:45 am
Drift at Sunrise by CaptPiper
We received an email from Mitchell Hirsch asking for a little help. We thought our Michigan-loving audience be able to help him out a little. In addition to mailing the things he asks for, maybe you could post a couple links to things he can print out. It's our duty [...]
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February 15, 2007 – 9:47 am
Hunting for Bait by Kathy
AP writer John Flesher says that although an advisory panel proposed a package of license fee increases to solve a chronic funding shortfall in the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, lawmakers failed to step forward to support the panel's recommendation of raising license fees or to offer any alternatives. Ten years [...]
January 29, 2007 – 9:46 am
1 1/2 Inches by kiddharma
"Scientists say the moon grows 1 1/2 inches
farther away each year. I'll fight
this cosmic terrorism hand to hand."
Harrison/Kooser
Braided Creek: A Conversation in Poetry
Last week the New York Times published An Interview With Jim Harrison: Pleasures of the Hard-Worn Life. The article provides an extended visit with one of Michigan's most prolific [...]
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December 28, 2006 – 10:53 am
Old Crystal Young Lake Trout Angler
by UpNorth Memories
The Muskegon Chronicle reports that 50 years after the lake trout disappeared from Lake Michigan due to sea lamprey predation, scientists have discovered evidence that lake trout are reproducing on their own on a deep water reef in the middle of the lake.
Lake trout are far from being [...]
