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In 2021, Emily Ford goes on a winter vacation. She doesn’t go to some warm beach location, though. She sets out to thru-hike Wisconsin’s 1,200 mile Ice Age Trail.

Inside rustic cabins and yurts at the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park there are log books. For more than 70 years, visitors have written in them. We went into this time capsule to see if people’s experiences here had changed much over the changing decades.

According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the outdoor industry brought in nearly $14 billion in economic activity. That’s an 8 percent increase compared to 2022.

In 2011, Ann Raiho and Natalie Warren climbed into their canoe and pushed off the banks of the Minnesota River just outside Minneapolis. Their goal was to paddle to Hudson Bay, thousands of miles away in Canada. It was a huge test of physical strength and friendship.

In 2011, Ann Raiho and Natalie Warren climbed into their canoe and pushed off the banks of the Minnesota River just outside Minneapolis. Their goal was to paddle to Hudson Bay, thousands of miles away in Canada. It was a huge test of physical strength and friendship.

RV parks and resorts are growing in popularity across northern Michigan. But some communities have mixed opinions on new developments.

Invasive insects can burrow inside firewood and ride along with visitors. But a new manufactured product could help keep forest pests out of the national lakeshore.

RV parks and resorts are growing in popularity across northern Michigan. But some communities have mixed opinions on new developments.

Invasive insects can burrow inside firewood and ride along with visitors. But a new manufactured product could help keep forest pests out of the national lakeshore.

Michigan State Park campgrounds are reopening Monday.That means campsites in addition to most bathrooms, visitor centers, showers, playgrounds, fishing…