Nature Notes
Mackinac Offers Diverse Habitats for Butterflies
By Patricia Martin
     Along with the reappearance of our spring flowers, warmer days, and the returning of our migrating snow birds, the reemergence of butterflies is another sure sign that spring is here and summer is soon to follow. As I've been walking or riding throughout the Island, my eye has been caught by several
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Mackinac Island Riders Take Good Care of Their Trails
     "Spring burst upon the Island with sudden glory; the maples showed all at once a thousand perfect little leaflets, the rings of juniper brightened, the wild larches beckoned. The ice was gone."
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NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE ON MACKINAC ISLAND
BY JEANNETTE DOUD
     Walking along Market Street, coming to the yard of Andrew and Stephanie McGreevy, you will immediately see the signs of spring as their tulips are in full bloom in a variety of colors. All those walking to Grand Hotel can enjoy their beauty.
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A Look at History
Native American Guns, From London to Mackinac Island Battlefield
BY FRANK STRAUS
     Scholars have long discussed whether the British in Canada deliberately tried to interfere with American sovereignty over the upper Great Lakes during the years leading up to the War of 1812. While this region was nominally part of the United States during this time, the region's primary economic ti
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Maintaining Your Health on Mackinac
What Is Currently Known About Avian (Bird) Flu?
By Yvan Silva, M.D.
     Birds can become infected with flu virus strains that are specific to birds and not humans. The now notorious H5N1 bird flu strain was first identified in Asia in 1997. This virus, like other avian viruses, spreads among birds, causing death on a huge scale. Millions of domestic birds have been cull
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