Nature – The Betsie Current Newspaper

2022 , Essays , Featured Stories , Issue 5 , Nature , Print Editions

The Rebirth of Spring

Staff Reports June 12, 2022June 12, 2022 0 comment

Searching for the elusive morel mushrooms

2022 , Essays , Featured Stories , Issue 4 , Landscaping , Landscaping , Nature , Print Editions

Keep It Wild

Staff Reports May 29, 2022May 29, 2022 2 comment

To see the forest in the weeds

2022 , Featured Stories , Fishing , Horticulture , Issue 4 , Landscaping , Nature , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions

Rivers and Regeneration

Staff Reports May 28, 2022May 28, 2022 0 comment

Coming together for the future

2021 , Art , Artists , Featured Stories , Fishing , History , Iconic Person , Issue 14 , Nature , Print Editions

Preserving a Family’s Heritage

Staff Reports January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 0 comment

One decoy at a time

2021 , Canoeing , Featured Stories , History , Issue 10 , Native American Culture & History , Nature , Print Editions

A Manistee River Adventure

Staff Reports August 14, 2021August 14, 2021 0 comment

From Buckley to Lake Michigan

2021 , Featured Stories , Issue 9 , Nature , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions

Summer in Arcadia

Staff Reports July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 0 comment

A marsh full of people and plenty of wildlife

2021 , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Issue 7 , Landscaping , Nature , Print Editions , Question and Answers , Sports

Timothy O’Brien: Trailwalker

Aubrey Parker June 27, 2021June 27, 2021 0 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

2021 , Farms , Featured Stories , Horticulture , Landscaping , Landscaping , Nature , Non-Profit , Print Editions , Trees, Shrubs, and Grass

A Changing Climate and Hitchhiking Snails

Staff Reports June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 0 comment

Invasive species are on the move

2020 , Art , Artists , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Issue 6 , Music , Musician , Nature , News , Print Editions

Remembering Rick Jones

Carol Navarro June 4, 2020July 10, 2020 3 comment

The “Green Man” of Benzie County

2019 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Issue 9 , Nature , Noah Sorenson , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Growing Pains

Jacob Wheeler September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 0 comment

Sleeping Bear Gateways Council aims to help National Lakeshore

2019 , Featured Stories , Horticulture , Issue 1 , Nature , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Trees, Shrubs, and Grass

Wanted: This Tick-magnet Hiding Place

Staff Reports May 31, 2019May 31, 2019 0 comment

Japanese barberry has become one of Northern Michigan’s least-wanted plants

2017 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 4 , Maritime History , Nature , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Preventing Drowning Deaths

Jacob Wheeler April 3, 2018 0 comment

National Park increases water-safety awareness

2017 , Featured Stories , History , Iconic Person , Issue 4 , Nature , Non-Profit , Print Editions , Scientist / Researcher / Ecologist , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

The Once and Future Otter Creek

Staff Reports April 3, 2018April 6, 2018 0 comment

An ode to brook trout and the river ecologists who study them

2017 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Nature , Print Editions , Question and Answers

Jim MacInnes: Benzie’s Renewable Energy Leader

Staff Reports June 15, 2017April 1, 2018 0 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

2017 , Featured Stories , Horticulture , Issue 1 , Nature , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Trees, Shrubs, and Grass

Baby’s Breath: One Person’s Bouquet, Another’s Nemesis

Staff Reports May 20, 2017September 11, 2017 0 comment

Removing invasive species from Elberta Beach

2016 , Businesses , Canoeing , Featured Stories , Nature , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Sports

Booze Cruise: Animal House on the River

Jacob Wheeler July 21, 2016December 29, 2016 0 comment

National Park tries to curtail dangerous behavior on Platte River

2016 , Events , Featured Stories , History , Maritime History , Nature , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Baby Bears at Sleeping Bear

Staff Reports July 7, 2016December 29, 2016 0 comment

Especially for kids at the National Park

2016 , Featured Stories , Nature , Print Editions , Question and Answers , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Scott Tucker: Sleeping Bear’s New Leader

Staff Reports May 26, 2016December 28, 2016 0 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

2016 , Featured Stories , Nature , Print Editions

A Bridge Story

Jacob Wheeler May 26, 2016December 27, 2016 0 comment

Protecting bridges and saving fish on the Betsie

2015 , Events , Nature , News , Print Editions

Winter and Water: Three festivals in February

Aubrey Parker February 12, 2016 0 comment

Though typically winter is thought of as a time for hibernating, for many, it is the time to come out and play.

Iconic Person , Nature

Remembering Michigan Legacy Art Park

Staff Reports September 30, 2015 0 comment

The tireless founder, David Barr

2015 , Nature , Print Editions , Running , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Sports

Running the Platte Plains Trails

Nicole L. Bates September 1, 2015August 31, 2015 0 comment

4 Mile Out-and-Back or 4.6-Mile Loop

2015 , Events , Featured Stories , Nature , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Sports , Stand-up Paddle Boarding

From Beyond the Horizon: A jubilant Frankfort crowd greets the paddlers from Wisconsin

Staff Reports July 7, 2015 1 comment

By Nancy Bissonnette Bordine They gathered on the shore of Frankfort Harbor, all eyes on the horizon. The breeze ruffling their hair was subtly chilled from traveling over the yet cold waters of Lake Michigan. The white silhouettes of three boats approaching the shore gave them great relief, for those boats were the guardians escorting […]

2015 , Featured Stories , History , Maritime History , Nature , News , Print Editions

Le Griffon & Confederate Gold: Treasure Hunt Off the Frankfort Coast

Jed Jaworski June 17, 2015 2 comment

Gold fever attracts media frenzy

2015 , Featured Stories , History , Maritime History , Nature , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Point Betsie Lighthouse Illuminates Still

Jacob Wheeler June 9, 2015June 15, 2015 0 comment

Museum and exhibit celebrate first full year