Department of Natural Resources
The Michigan History Center is looking for stories on local history from the public for a trail that will go through Grayling.
It will connect North Higgins Lake State Park with Hartwick Pines State Park.
Daniel Spegel with the Department of Natural Resources and Michigan History Center says this program began in 2013 when the state was looking for ways to expand recreation.
Stateside s conversation with Hillary Pine
The Christmas tree business is booming this year. And while Fraser firs are currently the most popular variety for holiday cheer in the state, some Michiganders are bringing home another kind of tree: the White Pine, which just so happens to be the Michigan state tree. But how exactly did this species become Michigan’s arboreal emblem?
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The White Pine is also called the Eastern White Pine, biisaandago-zhingwaak or zhingwaak in Ojibwe, and
Pinus strobus in Latin. Its role as the state tree has roots in Michigan’s logging era during the late 1800s, says