Howard Meyerson
After more than 30 years in the outdoor writing business, you would think I'd know better.
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Hiker Survives 4 Days in Utah Desert Without Food
Victoria Grover, a 59-year-old physician assistant from Maine, said she was shivering uncontrollably by the end of her ordeal, showing early signs of hypothermia. Grover broke her leg about two miles from the trailhead while returning from a 6-mile round … Continue reading
Michigan to host North Country Trail national conference
Hikers from across the country will be gathering in Augusta, Michigan near Battle Creek in August for the annual North Country Trail Association conference. NCTA staffers say registration is now open for the August 1-5 event. The NCT is a … Continue reading
Day Trip: Out for a lark in the rollers
Sea kayaking filmmaker Justine Curgenven and her friends are out for a bit of a paddle off Wales having some fun. From: Cackle TV
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Tagged Justine Curgenven, Kayaking, Paddling, Photos, Sea Kayak
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Free Running: Brown Bridge Dam to come out summer 2012
By Howard Meyerson Traverse City, Mich. — Come summer, if all goes as planned, the waters of the Boardman River will for the first time in 91 years begin to flow naturally down to Lake Michigan. State and federal officials … Continue reading
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Tagged Boardman River, Conservation, Dams, DNR, Fish Passage, Fishing, Rivers, Trout, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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Eight wolves killed in city of Ironwood
Eight gray wolves recently were shot and killed in the Upper Peninsula town of Ironwood. The wolves had become an increasing problem. The wolves, members of two UP wolf packs, had followed deer into residential areas where the deer were … Continue reading
Michigan man brings Arctic Grayling back as tribute to a father
By Howard Meyerson FARWELL — It was a sunny, mild day in early April when I climbed into a drift boat with Jeff Johnson and Terry Drinkwine for an unusual day of trout fishing. Johnson, our gracious host, offered some … Continue reading
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Tagged Brook Trout, Brookhaven Lake, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Grayling, Jeff Johnson
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Bear Droppings: Darted bruin falls asleep and out of tree
Now, this is something you don’t see very often. Wildlife officials tranquilized this 200-pound black bear after it climbed up a tree at the University of Colorado housing complex.
Grand River salmon: Fewer to be stocked upstream
By Howard Meyerson LANSING – Nearly a quarter million fewer coho salmon will be stocked in the Grand River at Lansing in future years if a state plan to release those fish downstream moves forward this spring. The new … Continue reading
The Trans-Territorial Canoe Expedition
Four guys, two canoes, a movie camera and big dreams to paddle 2,600 miles across Canada from the Pacific Ocean to Hudson Bay. That’s a challenge. But that’s what Minnesota paddler Peter Marshall has in mind. He and his three … Continue reading
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Tagged Canoeing, Expedition, Peter Marshall, Tans-Territorial Route, Wilderness
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Michigan bike route: “One of best in Midwest” by Outside Magazine
Outside Magazine’s online Adventure Advisor conferred honors on the state today. It named the 20-mile “Tunnel of Trees” route along M-119, between Harbor Springs and Cross Village, as one of the three best bike routes in the Midwest. I’ve ridden … Continue reading
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