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The National Park Service has put Isle Royale – Minong in Ojibwe – on the National Register of Historic Places. The action formally recognizes centuries of historic legacies of the 400-island archipelago in Lake Superior, including copper mining, fishing, hunting, trapping, recreation and a wide range of uses by the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
Wisconsin volunteers once again planted wild rice in Green Bay-area wetlands to protect the native plant from invasive species.
Travelers sometimes wish that the parks could stay open year-round, but the cost of continual snow removal and heating facilities during the winter is simply not in the Michigan Department of Transportation’s budget.
The Healthy People-Healthy Planet Poll surveyed 1,000 Michigan residents and found that the majority think environmental health is more important that economic gain.
Supporters call the National Park Service’s plan to restock wolves on Isle Royale a “genetic rescue,” but skeptics say nature should be allowed to take its course. Authors Mark Neuzil and Eric Freedman think this is unlikely to happen because wolves have friends in high places in the scientific establishment and the federal government.
Watch video of “Animal Land,’ by artists Lauren Strohacker and Kendra Sollars, as it appeared in ArtPrize 10.
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A new book looks at the lives of the soldiers stationed on Fort Mackinac in the early 19th century.
Scientist says many in area lack a “sense of urgency.”
Elk in the Great Lakes region reached restoration milestones in 2018.
University Place: How the contemporary boundaries of an abundant resource were forged In controversy
