Nature

   [ April 2004 / 14 images ]

March 21, 2004 - WMU has crafted a covenant spelling out how the Asylum Lake area will be preserved. A Garter snake lays in the grass and leaves and smells the air with its tongue. (Mark Bialek / Special to the Gazette)
8/11/04 - ALL -The weather has been chilly this summer, affecting tourism in all the not-so-hot spots of Michigan, including South Haven. Joseph White,5, left, and Lucie White,3, both of Portland Oregon, feed the seagulls on South Haven's North beach during windy, cool conditions Wednesday. (Mark Bialek / Special to the Gazette)
11/8/04 - The Northern Lights streak over Wolf Lake in Oshtemo early Monday morning. The lights stretched across the entire sky at times Sunday night and Monday morning. NOTE: The lights may be visible tomorrow as well according to some forecasts. NOTE AGAIN: 8-15-06....This turned out to be a major event throughout the entire midwest. The Free Press centerpieced it.
A seagull perches on a post near the AuSable River boat in Oscoda, MI, on a summer day in 2005. Oscoda, located in Northeast Michigan, is the official home of Paul Bunyan and sits at the mouth of the AuSable River, which is famous worldwide for its trout fishing and wildlife.
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March 8, 2006 - Maggielynn, a beagle owned by Ken Gardner of Bangor stands on a table as people fish on a warm day at Maple Lake in Paw Paw.
March 14, 2006 - Sam Hammond of Allegan and his sister Angelita Boettcher of Dayton, Ohio, photograph the setting sun in South Haven. (Mark Bialek / Special to the Gazette)
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