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Gladstone, MI — Did you know a small experimental research forest lies within Hiawatha National Forest? Since the 1920s, US Forest Service (USFS) researchers have been perfecting northern hardwoods management techniques based on experiments conducted within the Dukes Experimental Forest. “Silviculture is the art and science of controlling the establishment, growth, …

Applications are now being accepted for the Porcupine Mountains Artist-in-Residence Program for 2019 spring, summer and fall and 2020 winter residencies. The program is open to artists and artisans whose work can be influenced by the unique northern wilderness setting of Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. The program offers writers, …

If you look up the hill from Houghton or Hancock, you’ll notice a lot of heavy machinery climbing the snow covered mountain. “We’re getting ready for opening. We’re going to open December 1st. We’ve got 25 guns and we’re pumping out of the canal and making, I would say, the …