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Showcasing the DNR: Firefighters return to Michigan after assisting with historic western wildfire season Kathleen Lavey, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Dec. 10, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Support vehicles parked along Pine Canyon Road, north of Los Angeles, California, while the Lake Fire is visible in the background. (Judy Nathan/U.S. Forest Service Photo) Show MoreShow Less 2of3 Paul Dunn and Ben Osterland, two Michigan Department of Natural Resources firefighters, drove an o...

Firefighters from an unidentified crew working along the Lake Fire in Los Angeles County, California in August. (InciWeb photo) By Kathleen Lavey, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Paul Dunn has been fighting wildfires in Michigan for 15 years, the last two of them as a full-time firefighter for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Late this summer, he got his first chance to go west, driving a DNR Type 6 off-road engine with colleague Ben Osterland, arriving at the Lake Fire n...

Poster Contest Draws Attention To Georgia Nature Thursday, December 10, 2020 Teachers and students across the state are invited to celebrate wildlife and their habitats through art by participating in the 31st annual Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest.   The goal of this competition for grades K-5 is to generate knowledge of and appreciation for Georgia’s biological diversity. The popular initiative is sponsored by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the Stat...