Howard Meyerson
After more than 30 years in the outdoor writing business, you would think I'd know better.
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Is the U.S. Forest Service Hoping to Cash in on Wilderness Areas?
As someone who has made a living writing about and photographing wilderness areas, among many topics having to do with Michigan’s national forests, and others, it’s troubling to see the U.S. Forest Service attempt to move in the direction of … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure Travel, National Forests, Outdoor Journalism, Wilderness
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Golden Lotus Dam: Permanent draw down complete, removal to come
By Howard Meyerson VANDERBILT, MI – The Pigeon River, north of Vanderbilt, is once again flowing freely through the Pigeon River Country State Forest. The last of 23 stop logs in the Song of the Morning Ranch yoga camp dam was … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservation, Dams, Environment, Golden Lotus Inc. Song of the Morning Ranch, Huron Pines, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Nature, Pigeon River, Pigeon River Country Association, Pigeon River Country State Forest, State Forest, Trout, Trout Unlimited, Vanderbuilt, Yoga Camp
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Deer Hunter Be Safe: Hidden issues can cause problems
By Howard Meyerson WYOMING, MI — Michigan’s 10-week bow hunting season opens Oct. 1, and deer hunters all over the state have been getting ready. There are bows to tune and tree stands to inspect. Shooting lanes have been identified. … Continue reading
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Tagged DNR, Environment, Hunting, Hunting Accidents, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
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Muskegon schoolchildren put Isle Royale wolf lessons to use, build website for kids
By Howard Meyerson MUSKEGON, MI –There is something remarkable taking place in the third- and fourth-grade classroom at Reeths-Puffer Elementary School in Muskegon. Eight-, 9- and 10-year-old children are learning about predator-prey relationships, the food chain and the wolves on … Continue reading
Sandhill Crane’s Rebound in Michigan Opens Hunt Possibilities
By Howard Meyerson Michigan’s iconic Sandhill Cranes, majestic and standing three to four feet tall, are by all accounts an example of conservation success. Once nearly extirpated by market hunting and wetland loss, they thrive today in marshes all around … Continue reading
Study: Asian carp in Lake Erie wouldn’t hurt perch, walleyes
By Howard Meyerson Grand Rapids, MI – A new study published in the Journal of Conservation Biology reports the combined conclusions of a panel of U.S. and Canadian fisheries experts that bighead and silver carp would have little negative effect … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian Carp, Conservation, Environment, Fishing, GLRI, Lake Erie, NOAA, University of Notre Dame
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Regulations proposed to bring back Michigan’s coaster brook trout
By Howard Meyerson It will take a while, but in a decade or so, anglers once again may be able to fish for coaster brook trout along Michigan’s Lake Superior shoreline and tributaries. State fisheries managers are embarking on a … Continue reading
New waters: Austin Lake has the fish for anglers with the right lures
By Howard Meyerson PORTAGE, MI — Black clouds darkened the early morning sky, giving the lake an ominous glow, but Miles Hanley and I continued to cast. We had just left the launch. “There’s one,” I hollered and set the … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Lake, Bass, D&R Sports Center, Fishing, Lakes, Muskellunge, Portage
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Out on the canoe trail: It’s good to stop and enjoy nature
By Howard Meyerson LUDINGTON, MI — It’s rare these days that I get a chance to just sit. Deadlines beckon and emails stack up. If not emails then other online demands, or family and home matters. Quiet moments, it seems, … Continue reading
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Tagged Canoeing, Environment, Ludington Canoe Trail, Ludington State Park, Nature, Paddling, Richard Louv, State Parks, Trails
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Wanted: State’s Feral Swine
By Howard Meyerson GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Federal wildlife officials are ramping up efforts to locate, test, and kill feral swine in Michigan. Hunters and private landowners also are being encouraged to participate in the $20 million, U.S. Department of … Continue reading
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