outdoors
Community Updates: Friday, April 28
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 04-28-2023 under NEWS
City Manager, City Staff Present FY2024 Preliminary Fiscal Plan to the Grand Rapids City Commission On Tuesday, the City of Grand Rapids held the second of April's Committee of the Whole meetings at City Hall. During this meeting, city staff (...
Community updates: Thursday, Oct. 7
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 10-07-2021 under NEWS
Grand Rapids' first outdoor 'gear library' opening this weekend Grand Rapids' first ever community library for outdoor gear is opening on Oct. 11, aiming to provide equitable access to outdoor adventure opportunities for local youth...
A two-for-one deal: Volunteers help improve 'rabbitat'
by (Michigan Wildli...)
Submitted 12-05-2018 under NONPROFITS
Cottontail rabbits are such a common sight in southern Michigan’s city parks, gardens and backyards that you may never think about where else they live or about the habitat they need beyond our neighborhoods. But rabbits also live on public...
No strangers to the endangered
by (Michigan Wildli...)
Submitted 05-09-2018 under NONPROFITS
Michigan is home to a vibrant array of wildlife uniquely adapted to life near the Great Lakes. But over time, conservationists identified some of that wildlife as needing special assistance – and efforts were launched to improve their numbers...
Michigan treasure: Fish of a thousand casts
by (Michigan Wildli...)
Submitted 07-25-2017 under NONPROFITS
There’s only one thing better than the heart-pounding experience of reeling in a monster-size muskie. “Releasing that fish and watching it swim away is a great feeling because you know you’re helping to make sure there’ll be...
Stepping into the wild
by (Michigan Wildli...)
Submitted 07-06-2017 under NONPROFITS
It’s hard to believe that some children, especially those living in urban areas, have never experienced Michigan’s great outdoors. “Every day is a wonderful day for me because I get to watch the faces of children who have never...
Michigan fish hatcheries help balance the ecosystem
by (Michigan Wildli...)
Submitted 05-22-2017 under NONPROFITS
Sometimes Mother Nature needs a helping hand. That’s been especially true in Michigan when it comes to replenishing lost fish populations and establishing new ones in the Great Lakes and inland waters. By the late 19th century, fish had begun...
Father, son share a special bond
by (Michigan Wildli...)
Submitted 01-17-2017 under NONPROFITS
Most parents only dream about this gift of time. For years now, Mark Romanack and his 21-year-old son, Jake, have traveled the roads together in their Dodge Ram pickup. They talk. They laugh. They plan a future. And when they arrive at their...
Program breaks barriers to Michigan's great outdoors
by (Michigan Wildli...)
Submitted 11-07-2016 under NONPROFITS
Inside the blind, they wait. There’s a thermos of hot coffee and whispered talk about the deer that may come today. Anticipation builds with the coming dawn. And for a while, it’s like before. Before Vietnam or Iraq. Before losing arms...
Michigan Trails Week is reason to celebrate West Michigan's outdoors
by (Michigan Wildli...)
Submitted 09-12-2016 under NONPROFITS
Not exactly the woodsy type? Well, how about test-driving Michigan's great outdoors along one of its many scenic trails? Whether you like to walk, run, bike or ride, the Great Lakes State has a rail trail, bikeway, riverwalk or trailway for you...