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cbleck@miningjournal.net MARQUETTE — Three area projects will receive development grants after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday signed HB 4469, which appropriates $37.8 million in Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund grants to support 76 recreation projects and land purchases throughout Michigan. The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board recommended the grants in December. “The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund supports quality outdoor recreation, giving Michiganders the abilit...

Whitmer threatens profit seizure as Enbridge Line 5 closure deadline looms Updated May 11, 2021; Posted May 11, 2021 A Ballard Marine Construction boat tows an Enbridge underwater sonar vehicle to the site of Line 5 under the Straits of Mackinac on Thursday, June 9, 2016. (Garret Ellison | MLive.com) Facebook Share LANSING, MI — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says the state of Michigan will attempt to seize any profits that Enbridge makes from operating the controversial Line 5 oil pipeline...

The natural gas storage report from the EIA for the week ending April 30th indicated that the amount of natural gas held in underground storage in the US rose by 60 billion cubic feet to 1,958 billion cubic feet by the end of the week, which left our gas supplies 345 billion cubic feet, or 15.0% below the 2,303 billion cubic feet that were in storage on April 30th of last year, and 61 billion cubic feet, or 3.0% below the five-year average of 2,019 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have be...

Ed Golder and Kevin Frailey Fifty-one years and counting, and this year – as Michigan residents still seek out safe, socially distant relief from the COVID-19 pandemic – it may be more important than ever to recognize Earth Day and the value of healthy, abundant, public outdoor spaces. While people around the world will recognize Earth Day on Thursday, Apr. 22, in ways big and small, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is taking the opportunity to highlight yet another reason to ce...

Credit Kelly House / Bridge Michigan Dana Serafin still hauls in 20,000-pound boatloads of whitefish to supply regional restaurants and markets, but in recent years, the Saginaw Bay fisherman has found it more difficult to fill his orders. Native whitefish, the main livelihood for Serafin and other Great Lakes commercial fishers, have been in decline for years amid changes to the food web, replaced in Serafin’s nets by healthier populations of walleye and lake trout that he’s not allowed to...

DNR Wolf Management Advisory Council Members The Wolf Management Advisory Council is a new council created by DNR Director Dan Eichinger.  Its members include: Dan Kennedy, the directors designee and chair of the body Miles Falk, representing tribal governments, who will serve a three-year term Beatrice Friedlander, representing animal advocacy organizations, who will serve a two-year term Richard Pershinske, representing agricultural interests, who will serve a two-year term (UP resident, pa...

A bipartisan push could change state wildlife protection By Alex Brown Stateline.org/TNS Scientists say the world is on the precipice of a mass extinction. The United Nations estimates that 1 million species are on the verge of being wiped out, threatened by climate change, habitat loss, pollution, invasive species and poaching. In the United States, the federal government has oversight of the more than 1,600 species listed under the Endangered Species Act - and powerful legal tools to protect...

Table of Contents A Bipartisan Push Could Change State Wildlife Protection Sgt. Pam Taylor of the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife follows Puddles, as the dog sniffs for invasive mussels. State wildlife agencies say they lack the funding to fully meet their conservation mission, including invasive species management. Ted S. Warren The Associated Press Scientists say the world is on the precipice of a mass extinction. The United Nations estimates that 1 mi...

CADILLAC — It didnt take long for the Wexford County Board of Commissioners to approve a heating, ventilation and air conditioning project at the Wexford County Civic Arena and the potential sale of the old Wexford County Jail. In both cases, the commissioners voted 9-0 to first approve awarding a bid not to exceed $165,337 to 1st Choice Heating and Cooling, Inc. in Newaygo for capital improvements to the HVAC system at the facility. That action also included contract review by the countys...

The Mackinac Bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac from Mackinaw City, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) DETROIT (CN) — Michigan’s environmental agency said Friday it approved construction permits for a tunnel that would allow energy company Enbridge to replace and improve dual underwater pipelines in the northern part of the state that are vulnerable to passing ships. Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s office said in a statement that the permits issued by the Michigan Department o...