Howard Meyerson
After more than 30 years in the outdoor writing business, you would think I'd know better.
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Lake Michigan salmon fishery at risk without stocking reduction, educator says
Lake Michigan fish managers are proposing to reduce hatchery stocks to lower pressure on a diminishing forage base. Michigan is planning to hold a public workshop Saturday, April 14, in Benton Harbor to explain the situation to anglers and charter … Continue reading
No Easy Answer: Eat more fish or less
Fish consumption advisories have you confused? Balancing the benefits and risks of eating fish is a tough question. This is a good read, but it may not make you sleep easier at night. Either way there is reason to question … Continue reading
Detroit: Belle Isle likely won’t be free anymore
Belle Isle, one of my favorite Detroit Parks growing up as a kid, may no longer be free to enter. Gov. Rick Snyder has proposed making it into a state park as a means of helping the city of Detroit … Continue reading
Fur loss, open sores seen in polar bears
US Geologic Survey scientists are concerned about nine Barrow Alaska polar bears that have been found with fur loss and open sores, a condition also seen recently in seals and walruses. Preliminary studies have ruled out radiation poisoning from the … Continue reading
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Michigan attracts visitors of motor-less bent
By Dana Hollowell/Bridge Magazine For seven days last summer, James Jeske, 66, bicycled along Michigan’s western shore. The 500-mile-long trek took him from New Buffalo at the base of the Mitten to Mackinaw City at the tip of the Lower … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycles, Bike Touring, Cycling, Rail Trails, Tourism
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Polar bear encounters on the rise in Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Annie Rumbolt and her husband Lawrence now sleep with a big game hunting rifle in their bedroom after becoming the latest survivors of polar bear encounters in Newfoundland and Labrador. Pack ice conditions unusually close to … Continue reading
Michigan’s Rogue River Gets More Love
By Howard Meyerson GRAND RAPIDS – The Rogue River, a popular trout fishing stream in Kent and Newaygo counties, is getting a little extra love these days. The river was selected by national Trout Unlimited in 2010 to be one of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Fishing, Home River Project, Rogue River, Trout, Trout Unlimited
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U.S. Forest Service employee under fire for photographing wounded gray wolf before killing it
A National Forest Service employee, Josh Bransford, is under fire for taking a photograph of himself with a wolf that was caught in a leg trap, according to the Washington Post. The incident occurred during Idaho’s first-ever wolf trapping season. … Continue reading
Fees Reduced at Rustic State Forest Campgrounds
By Howard Meyerson LANSING – It’ll be cheaper from now on to camp at Michigan’s state forest campgrounds; two bucks less, to be exact. Michigan Department of Natural Resources director, Rodney Stokes today reduced the overnight camping fee from $15 … Continue reading
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