A 2012 bill to expand dark sky preserve designations on state land in Michigan included a one-sentence prohibition on forming any in the Upper Peninsula. Some U.P. residents want the dark sky ...

For the second year, Keweenaw Mountain Lodge in Copper Harbor in collaboration with Visit Keweenaw hosted the Upper Peninsula Dark Sky Festival on April 11-13, 2024.

A 2012 state statue banned dark sky preserves on public lands above the Mackinac Bridge. Some Yoopers now question why the U.P. continues to lack the same right as the Lower Peninsula to protect ...