The nucleus of Justus S. Stearns lumbering enterprises was his sawmill at Stearns Siding in Lake County. The success of his operation there enabled him expand his lumbering activities in ...

The coalition will help convert Gary’s elevated railroad in Midtown into a trail that will be part of the Marquette Greenway.

Go for the old-school station vibe, stay to watch trains pass, and take a slow walk through the museum exhibits, it’s a rare ...

About four years ago, Keith Bass and Aaron McCreight took a trip to Southern Louisiana to buy a tractor. As any mechanically ...

A proposal to use thinning and prescribed burning to remove vegetation across portions of the Flathead National Forest ...

In the remote, physically demanding world of Maine’s logging camps, good cookees were among the most irreplaceable employees. Loggers weighed the cookee’s reputation as heavily as wages when choosing ...

High above the American River canyon, a cable tramway once carried logs across a dizzying span locals dubbed the “Impossible.” Nearly a century later, that vanished ride — and the ...

Nestled in Michigan’s rugged Upper Peninsula, where the Paint River carves through ancient forests and time seems to move at the pace of maple sap in January, Crystal Falls offers something ...

MID-MICHIGAN (WJRT) - The Michigan Department of Transportation announced funding for improvements to 11 railroad crossings in Mid-Michigan. The projects are among a total of 32 that will receive ...

Every winter, Crossroads Village and Huckleberry Railroad in Flint transforms into a glowing showcase of holiday nostalgia — a place where families return year after year to celebrate the season. For ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources cannot show that it’s protecting wildlife from harmful logging on public lands, six years after the concern was raised by the DNR’s own field staff, a ...