Recreation
North Trail hikers set 100-mile centennial goal
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Hikers plan to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service.
Recreation
National Register adds Michigan’s Rice Bay, historic Ishpeming building
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The two sites were added because they are “associated with events that have made a significant contribution” to our history.
Echo
Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings nominated as a world heritage site
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Ten buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright have the chance to be internationally recognized as world heritage sites. Three other Great Lakes sites are working toward recognition as well.
Recreation
Field trip grants make fourth grade so much better
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Grants geared towards field trip transportation funding will get Michigan fourth graders out exploring public lands and waters.
Recreation
Michigan gets four Historic Places designations
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According to NPS guidelines, the sites must be significant “in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering and culture.”
Recreation
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore could be connected by National Marine Sanctuary
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A group of Wisconsin citizens plan to nominate the waters surrounding the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore as a National Marine Sanctuary.
Recreation
Michigan gun sales booming as regulations increase
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Gun sellers are running into shortages at the distributor level as a result of recent gun regulations.
Recreation
Great Lakes national parks prepare for centennial
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Popular or not, vast or small, the national parks of the Great Lakes region are publicly owned treasures of environmental and natural resources, historic and cultural wealth, recreation and national identity.
Recreation
Alpena film festival filled with Great Lakes and ocean flicks
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The fourth-annual Thunder Bay International Film Festival dives into Great Lakes shipwrecks, conservation and transport.
Recreation
Mr. Great Lakes on Au Gres River restoration, Michigander bucket lists
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Mr. Great Lakes talks watershed stewardship funding and Michigan-themed bucket list additions.