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The prescription for Michigan: More fire
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Many barriers to meeting Michigan’s ecological needs for fire are rooted in resources and bureaucracy.
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Many barriers to meeting Michigan’s ecological needs for fire are rooted in resources and bureaucracy.
Michigan’s fire history, as told by its fire-scarred tree stumps, has something to say about the future of fire.
By McKoy Scribner
Capital News Service
The Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy is assessing the state’s water quality, something that’s necessary in a state that’s rich in water resources. The department is conducting its annual surface water sampling to protect human health and aquatic life and to maintain recreational suitability. Water sampling is done at locations across the state. But certain locations are trend sites. This means staff will return in consecutive years to understand what long-term developments look like.
The image, captured by Keith Ladzinski, features Empire Bluff, part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Leelanau County, Michigan.
Along with inhibiting the spread of COVID-19, stay at home orders had the secondary effect of improving air quality in the Great Lakes region, experts say.
Jamie Racklyeft, the executive director of the Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said the reason Lake Michigan has the most drownings among the Great Lakes is a combination of wind direction and tourism.
This is the third part of a four-part series on Environmental Risk in Michigan: Past, Present and Future.
This is the second part of a four-part series on Environmental Risk in Michigan: Past, Present and Future.
This is the first part of a four-part series on Environmental Risk in Michigan: Past, Present and Future.
A federal judge recently banned the Indiana host of a former hunting television show from hunting for 30 months after he illegally shot a trophy buck.