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Dear Editor: This past weekend the Boothbay Region Travel Basketball program hosted what we hope to become an annual tradition, the “Kings Of The Court” junior high boys basketball tournament. Teams competing included Boothbay, Brunswick, Camden...

The refuge is made up of about 10,000 acres in Saginaw County

A new phase of restoration along polluted areas stretching from Midland to Saginaw to Bay City and beyond is up for public scrutiny.

Wetlands Can Help Prevent Property Damage and Save Lives During Floods Midland and other cities were hit hard by a flood caused by of a weak dam. More than 2,500 homes were damaged. There was an estimated $245 million dollars in property damage. If that flood happened a few years ago, the damage could have been worse. But, there’s been a change. One thousand acres of restore wetlands helped reduce the severity of that flood. The story began with heavy rainstorms. We’ve been seeing more of t...

Devastating Midland floods would have been worse were it not for the sponge-like properties of a newly-restored wetland along the Shiawassee River. As climate change brings more intense rainstorms to Michigan, the incident is an example of how wetlands could help mitigate flood threats.