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On Tuesday, January 4, 2022, The Michigan Department of Natural Resources asked for public input on managing Michigan’s native wolf population. Currently, the DNR counted 695 wolves living in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The purpose of the survey is to update the 2015 update of the original 2008 wolf management plan. According to prominent carnivore specialist […]

On October 29, 2020, insurrection provocateur Donald Trump ordered the gray wolf delisted from the Endangered Species Act. The Department of the Interior announced the gray wolf successfully recovered and it was time to allow states and tribes to manage wolf populations again. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, which struggled to protect wolves living […]

Self-declared thorn in Governor Whitmer’s side Jack O’Malley (R – It’s really complicated!) in a matter of hours went from declaring full and complete investigations into all alleged election fraud in Michigan to declaring full and complete support of keeping Enbridge Line 5 open else the Upper Peninsula will become a frozen wasteland. Jack even […]

Governor Gretchen Whitmer eased restrictions on some businesses in Northern Michigan today when she signed Executive Order 2020-92. Offices, bars, and restaurants may open on May 22, 2020, provided they follow the Michigan Safe Start Plan guidelines. Two Michigan regions may begin reopening offices for work that can’t be done remotely, bars, and restaurants with […]

Beginning on May 4, 2020, the Michigan National Guard medical specialists will assist the Michigan Department of Corrections in testing inmates at MDOC prison facilities in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Baraga Correctional Facility will be the first prison to receive testing. The rest of the MDOC facilities in the UP: Alger Correctional Facility, Marquette Branch Prison, […]

The Porcupine Mountains Artist-in-Residence Program for Spring, Summer, and Fall, 2020, and Winter, 2021, residencies are accepting applications until February 14, 2020, for any artist interested in a chance to create art while living in the pristine forest of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park; Michigan’s largest state park For two weeks, artists have the […]

Attorney General Dana Nessel submitted a letter to David Bernhardt of the United States Department of the Interior in response to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal to remove the gray wolf from the endangered and threatened list on March 15, 2019. AG Nessel’s letter stresses the service’s requirement to follow the law […]

This video from Oil and Water Don’t Mix has the answer. It’s time to decommission Enbridge Line 5.

Remember when the MAGA chuds got their undies all in a bunch over Governor Whitmer’s 2018 campaign slogan, “fix the damn roads” because she used a swear word? The same people who scolded her for that recently flew this banner in public in L’Anse, Michigan. Baraga County Republican Party members attended Lake Trout Festival in […]

On February 21, 2019, the office of Attorney General Dana Nessel filed testimony with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MSPC) in Lansing opposing the Upper Peninsula Power Company’s (UPPCO) request for a $10 million raise in electricity rates for the service they provide their customers in the Western Upper Peninsula. Nessel’s filing requested the rate […]