Before airplanes and 911 calls became the prominent ways to discover forest fires, forests were monitored from fire lookout towers.
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Recycling your home: Can structural wood be reused for the same purpose?
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The average abandoned home in Michigan contains about enough lumber to fill two school buses.
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Reclaim Detroit finds treasure in blighted homes
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Detroit hosts 75 percent of all vacant houses in Michigan. Each of more than 183,000 vacant homes holds treasures to be reclaimed.
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Defining domicology: Study of practices and consequences of abandoning buildings
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What’s in a name? For domicologists it signifies dawning awareness of a wasteful culture—and an emerging industry.
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Vote for your favorite natural feature in the Great Lakes region
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What’s the best Great Lakes destination for natural beauty? It’s time for our readers to decide.
Land
The Green Room: The cultural colors of green burial
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Some environmentalists prefer natural burials for their lower impact on the environment, but they aren’t the only ones who choose this option.
Catch of the Day
Next step in Boardman removal begins
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Removal of the Boardman Dam begins Thursday.
Land
Big cities struggling to connect with Great Lakes
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Cities like Cleveland want to take advantage of their proximity to Great Lakes lakeshore, but development obstacles stand in the way.
Agriculture
It’s not about the money: Farmers uninterested in renting land for bioenergy crops
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A recent survey showed few farmers were interested in a hypothetical offer to rent land bioenergy crops, even at asking prices far exceeding the typical rental rate of one acre.
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Michigan DNR program helps urban youths better their future
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The DNR hopes the program will give kids from urban areas who aren’t typically exposed to outdoor recreation such as hiking, camping and fishing the chance to experience those options, develop new hobbies and explore career opportunities.
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Seed-stealing insects hinder prairie restoration
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The finding may lead to better conservation of a largely unprotected ecosystem and one that can help mitigate climate change by capturing carbon.