outdoors

Have you noticed there are fewer fireflies now then there were when you were a child and used to catch them in a jar? They're slowly dying across Michigan and the nation.

A $10 fee is being proposed for kayaks, canoes, and paddleboards.

Get your tan and your hustle on!

Yesterday we were on a golf course and saw something that had us STUMPed.

Hanging outdoors with friends while having cocktails is a summer staple and Stella's Lounge, in Downtown Grand Rapids, might be joining in on the fun. MLive reports that the BarFly Ventures (owner of Stella's) have submitted plans to the Grand Rapids Planning Commission to add an outdoor patio that would seat 36 people where they can eat and drink...

In 2008 they decided to reduce the deer population in the Jackson area. Mission accomplished I suppose.

Forty-five-teams. Five rinks. Three days over one weekend. One park in Grand Rapids. That pretty much sums up the WGRD Pond Hockey Classic 2015, which opened Friday night under the lights.

Bass fishing takes center stage as many of the world’s best anglers battle it out on Lake Michigan in Escanaba for the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship today through Sunday. The championship is being held on Bays de Noc as part of a partnership between Pure Michigan and Bassmaster to promote the state as a top destination for anglers.

Drew Gregory is a professional fisherman who fishes out of a kayak. He was having a normal day of fishing with the company of some geese. The geese just seemed to be hanging out and watching him reel fish in and let them go. However, something set off one of the geese and it full blown attacked the man and pulled him out of his kayak!

This couple was snorkeling on their honeymoon in Mexico when a storm rolled in. The lifeguards instructed them to get out of the water, which they did. So they were probably in the clear, right? Wrong!

Ran out of video games to play? Movies to watch? Sick of the treadmill? Why don't you get outside and do some outdoor activity? I know the snow is dreadful and it is, of course, cold. But you have to look past that and enjoy the snow for what it is...