Land
What’s in a name?
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What was the former emperor of France doing in Northern New York, about an hour’s drive south of the St. Lawrence River?
Land
Arsonist gets 5 years for Superior National Forest fires
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U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejects bid for a shorter sentence for man who confessed to setting nine fires on federal and state forestland.
Land
U.S. wilderness areas study includes 16 in Michigan
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The Sierra Club would like the Trap Hills part of the U.P.’s Ottawa National Forest to be added as a wildernss area, but public land agencies say they have no plans for major changes in Michigan.
Land
Jobs in timbering, wood products go begging
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Logging and wood product companies are searching for skilled employees with many experienced foresters and other Northern Michigan workers retiring.
Water
Pesticide levels in rivers may threaten fish, insects
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Levels of pesticides didn’t exceed the benchmark for human health, but farm runoff remains a concern for fish and insects in many streams and rivers.
Air
Environmental violators go to jail in crackdown
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An improving economy spurring demolition of old structures and redevelopment of contaminated industrial sites is creating more opportunity for environmental crimes.
Land
Wet weather douses forest fires
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In the Huron-Manastee National Forest, crews responded to 81 wildfires, down from the annual average of 150.
Waste
Sentencing ahead in New York Clean Water Act criminal case
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A demolition company and two of its managers pled guilty to illegal dumping of toxic materials into the Susquehanna River.
Recreation
Some non-Michigan hunters, anglers could get break on licenses
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Bargain license fees for out-of state hunters and anglers heading to Michigan would mean less money for wildlife and fisheries.
Recreation
Push ahead to raise more shipwrecks onto the National Register of Historic Places
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Deep below the chill waters of northwestern Lake Huron, four doomed ships have been added to the National Register of Historic Places.