Houghton-Douglass Falls

2026 June 14

Up between Laurium and Lake Linden, Hammell Creek goes over an escarpment, making a waterfall. This would not be too notable (the creek doesn’t have a particularly high flowrate), except that the escarpment is something like 110 feet. This makes the waterfall the highest one in the state of Michigan, by a fairly solid margin. Here is the view from the top, I had to take two pictures to get most of it in because it was too tall to fit in one:

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Some Insects That (thankfully!) Don’t Live In Houghton

2026 May 17

My brother lives in Tennessee, and back on April 5, 2026 he sent me these pictures and asked, “Are these termites?”

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Local Field Guides

2026 May 3
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Northern Caddisflies

2026 April 19
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Earth Star Fungus

2026 March 22
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House Pseudoscorpion, Take Two

2026 March 15
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Phantom Midge

2026 March 7
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Oblique Banded Leafroller

2026 March 1
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Cut River Bridge Troll

2026 February 15
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Old Mill Hill Road Valley Creek Wall Falls

2026 February 8
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