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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will award 21 cities and environmental groups between $800 and $20,000 to help regrow urban forests damaged by the emerald ash borer plague. Continue Reading →
Logging and wood product companies are searching for skilled employees with many experienced foresters and other Northern Michigan workers retiring. Continue Reading →
Ohio scientists say they’ve found evidence that the insect has made its way to a new host: the white fringetree. Continue Reading →
Much like a weather-forecasting model, it calculates changes in air and soil temperatures and wind speed to help fire managers determine where the smoke is headed. Continue Reading →
In the Huron-Manastee National Forest, crews responded to 81 wildfires, down from the annual average of 150. Continue Reading →
He said Forest Service considered objections to losing public access to scenic Wildcat Falls, which the agency acknowledged give some visitors “a sense of place and attachment to the area.” Continue Reading →
Have an environmental image you’ve taken somewhere within the Great Lakes region and that you’d like to submit for Echo’s Photo Friday series? Send it to greatlakesecho@gmail.com along with the photographer’s name and town of residence, approximate date it was taken, where it was taken and a little bit of description of what we’re looking at. Context – how you happened to take it or whether there were physical or technical challenges in capturing it – is also helpful. Continue Reading →
The increased fire incidence is expected in August and September as a long winter and late spring delayed the fire season. Continue Reading →
During the month of May, a different type of hunter takes to the Michigan woods. Their prey, the low-lying honeycomb shaped fungi, morels. Continue Reading →
Wisconsin State officials are cutting down trees in Whitefish Dunes State Park in Door County that are infected with beech bark disease. The park has lots of beech trees and those that are infected pose a safety hazard, said Linda Williams, a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources forest health specialist. Weakened limbs and trunks can snap off or fall over during strong winds. The idea is to remove dead trees before they harm visitors or staff. Infected trees that are within 75 feet of park trails are targeted, said Arnie Lindauer, a program analyst for the park. Continue Reading →