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Conservation officer Jon Sheppard, of Alpena County, emerges from woods near Alpena on Friday.
ALPENA Officer Jon Sheppard, one of two Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers assigned to Alpena County, has been watching over the region’s outdoors since he graduated from DNR’s conservation officer academy two years ago.
The two-year academy was rigorous, training prospective officers in disciplines from emergency vehicle maneuvers to Michigan law to water safety.
“That basically meant swimming for a week straight,” Sheppard said, talking on Friday about the joys and challenges of being a conservation officer.
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Plans announced for playscape at Madison Heights Public Library
Playscape follows other environmental initiatives, such as tree plantings
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MADISON HEIGHTS Big changes are planned for the property around the Madison Heights Public Library, thanks to a new grant that the city has received from a national nonprofit.
The “Play Everywhere” grant was awarded to Madison Heights by KABOOM!, a group that describes its mission as ending “play space inequity.” The grant was awarded in cooperation with the Built to Play initiative, supported by the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation, as the grand prize for the Play Everywhere Design Challenge, where a total of $1 million was awarded to projects across southeast Michigan and western New York.