Category Archives: Parks

Winter on Sturgeon Bay

January 11, 2012 – 8:57 am

Here’s a gorgeous time-lapse exploration of winter on Sturgeon Bay near Cross Village Michigan. Jay Burlage of Milapse writes that it’s a great place to get away from it all and enjoy a cold snowy place for a bit. The music track is ‘Farlem’ by Galdson, and here’s hoping this will give you a little [...]

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Invasive Species in the National Parks

January 10, 2012 – 11:52 am

Goby by swatzo Last year the National Park Service produced a series of short documentaries exploring invasive species in the Great Lakes. The series was funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative showing how invaders are changing the ecosystems in national parks and what’s being done to stop them. All four of them are available [...]

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The Lake in Winter: an excerpt from The Windward Shore

December 26, 2011 – 9:53 pm

Works by Michigan author Jerry Dennis include The Living Great Lakes, Winter Walks (with wood engravings by Glenn Wolff and design and letterpress by Chad Pastotnik of Deep Woods Press), A Place on the Water, It’s Raining Frogs and Fishes, Canoeing Michigan Rivers and more. Jerry has kindly allowed us to run this excerpt from his [...]

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Roundup: Opening Day of Michigan deer hunting season

November 15, 2011 – 7:00 am

Buck on the run by oakwood Opening day of deer season probably ranks pretty high in the list of Michigan holidays. I know a lot of businesses that will be closed for the next few days in recognition that their employees would just be out sick anyway with buck fever. And just as I know [...]

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DNR Uncut: Michigan State Parks Capture Top National Award

November 3, 2011 – 5:56 pm

Here’s a “guest” post from the Michigan DNR. We say “guest” in that we copied and pasted it from their website. Great parks, great news.  Collectively Falling – Bond Falls by Aaron C. Jors The Department of Natural Resources announced today that Michigan state parks and recreation areas have won the 2011 National Recreation and [...]

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Michigan waterfalls on Michigan in Pictures

August 24, 2011 – 7:29 am

Tannery Falls by trumansnare One of the regular guests on the Michigan in Pictures photo blog are waterfalls. Go Waterfalling is the go-to site for Michigan waterfall information, and they say that Michigan has over 200 named waterfalls. The Michigan waterfalls category on Michigan in Pictures has over 60 posts from the big ones like Spray Falls, [...]

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Porcupine Mountains Music Festival ~ August 26-28

August 9, 2011 – 11:04 am

The Porcupine Mountains Music Festival takes place Friday August 26 through Sunday August 28 and is the only festival to take place within a state wilderness park. The lineup of artists is truly impressive. The festival is headlined by one of the most highly awarded ensembles ever assembled, Mountain Heart, and other national performers include [...]

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Petoskey Stone Festival, May 28, 2011 – Eastport

May 10, 2011 – 5:28 am

Petoskey Stone Polish Project by Odalaigh The 6th annual Antrim County  Petoskey Stone Festival takes place on May 28, 2011 in Barnes Park in Eastport. Admission to this festival will be FREE to one and all! About Petoskey Stones Petoskey stones are composed of fossilized skeletons of colony corals which lived their lifespan in the [...]

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Photo Friday: spine as if frozen by jen526

March 18, 2011 – 9:10 am

jen526 ( Jenn Adams) says that she loves the outdoors, and photography is a great reason to go exploring, little kid style, in the woods or around a lake or through a meadow – the two are synergistic. She asks: Does it detract anything from this photo to know that I took this on a [...]

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Michigan Books: A 1,000 Mile Walk on the Beach

March 3, 2011 – 11:36 am

Next Friday (March 11, 2011) at Brilliant Books in Suttons Bay, Loreen Niewenhuis will release her book, A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach. The book chronicles her walk around the shoreline of Lake Michigan and her observations along the way. ABSOLUTE MICHIGAN: What prompted you to do this? LOREEN NIEWENHUIS: I’ve always felt connected to [...]

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