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I use the outdoors as a way to take time to slow down and reconnect with myself. I love visiting Tory's Woods whenever I'm passing by to...

The outdoors give a sense of home to many, and the Chocolay Bayou Nature Preserve is the perfect place to experience that sense of...

I want to protect the UP because the earth provides us with everything we need to survive and thrive! If we don't protect her we aren’t...

Dear UPLC: Coming to the UP always inspires us with its awesome beauty and landscape, whether it's in the peace of the forest or the...

A shared love of natural spaces in the Upper Peninsula has connected me to some of the most awesome people I have ever met. I was first...

Mushroom Hunting at Peter's [Reserve] led to a wonderful discovery of a bear paw scratch on a birch tree. Amazing to be reminded of those...

Walking beneath the Hemlocks, along the top of steep terrain. Hearing nothing but the river, all the way down that gorge. Wandering...

I have walked Tory's Woods with my friend Jeanne and her dog, Zsa Zsa. Zsa Zsa is blind now but she knows the trail. We let her lead.

Winters in the UP can be harsh, but on the few days that the sun peaks out, I pack up my snowshoes and head outside. Tory's Woods offers...

Heading toward the dark curtain of conifers in the distance, we shuffled through fallen leaves the autumn winds had shaken off the aspen...