Upper Peninsula

Our health, climate, and access to resources are at risk the longer we allow the energy status quo.

Michigan’s messiest primary may be Up North, where Republican activists offered one candidate a government job to drop out of the race and a conservative radio host is running as a Democrat.

Michigan hunters are so adept at hunting elk that state regulators now say a rarely used season in January is no longer necessary.

Authors Dave McVeigh and Jim Bolone joined Bridge Michigan on Wednesday to discuss their coming-of-age novel set on Mackinac Island.

Limits could go from 3 to 2 per day because recreational anglers exceeded limits with Michigan tribes.

The risk of keeping Line 5 open or building a new pipeline does not outweigh the very real harms that can and will result from its continued operation.

The best way to make this already safe pipeline even safer is to move forward with the plan to get it out of the water and into the Great Lakes Tunnel, far below the Straits of Mackinac.

Samples taken from the big lake revealed widespread PFAS contamination of rainbow smelt, a popular sport fish. State officials advise consuming no more than a few smelt a month for safety reasons.

Demand for seasonal workers from other countries is setting a record this year. That leaves Northern Michigan’s hospitality industry struggling to fill the worker positions that drive tourism.

Conservationists cheer the comeback, but some fear it could lead to the loosening of regulations.

Hunting, trapping expanded to nine more counties. Michigan says populations are stable enough to support the expansion, but the vote comes as other states move away from such hunts.

A report suggests two regional refineries would close because they couldn't get enough oil. Environmentalists dispute the report's projections.

Join us April 13 for our next Bridge Book Club discussion. Co-authors Dave McVeigh and Jim Bolone will discuss this coming-of-age novel. Bridge members will receive a free e-version of the book.

Expanding spearfishing, new bag limits and size restrictions are among the regulatory changes made by the state.

A report commissioned by a Canadian environmental group argues that the loss of oil and natural gas to the Midwest from a Line 5 shutdown can be made up through increased use of trains, trucks and another pipeline, which Enbridge disputes.

A federal court in California re-enlisted the gray wolf as an endangered species, preventing wolf hunts in nearly every state.

Next week, scientists from across the Great Lakes will fan out to take a snapshot of winter beneath the ice. Here’s what we know about how climate change is affecting Great Lakes winters, and how research can help.

The Michigan House passed a resolution supporting a wolf hunt but the DNR says it needs more time and federal clarity before deciding.

A shortage of U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers left sailors stranded and caused several cargo delays affecting Great Lakes ports. Federal officials are looking for a solution by March.

Bobcats nearly vanished after the logging boom of the 1880s. Now that populations are rebounding, the state is proposing to allow hunting and trapping in the southern Lower Peninsula.