Investigative Article

From Staff Reports A group of citizens in the Glen Arbor, Michigan, area has recently formed under the banner of “Preserve the Forest” to oppose the asphalt paving of Segment 5, of the Leelanau Heritage Scenic Heritage Route Trailway, a portion of the 27 mile long, multi-use trail, planned for Leelanau and Benzie Counties. According […]

From staff reports The Glen Lake Association aims to improve fishing in the Glen Lakes this year. The key to improving Glen Lake’s natural warm water fish populations, such as perch, pike, and bass, is a good spawning habitat, writes Rob Karner, project manager for the Association and biologist and teacher at the Leelanau School. […]

By Pat Stinson Sun contributor In January, as snowshoe hares bound across Thoreson Road and minks skirt a frozen wetland at the foot of Alligator Hill, northern Michigan black bears snooze in their dens, tucked into secret places throughout the Upper (U.P.) and northern Lower Peninsulas. During this month, one of nature’s most intriguing phenomena […]

By Pat Stinson Sun contributor South of Lake Leelanau, a white gull glides in an empty sky once filled with flocks of arching wings and high-pitched calls. Beneath him, grouse feast on thousands of berries from invasive autumn olive bushes sold by a government agency that now knows better. Nearby, an eight-point buck and his […]