AmeriCorps cuts hit northern Michigan environmental work

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AmeriCorps provides paid community service jobs that span a wide range of fields, from disaster recovery to education.
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State rep wants more firewood collection after ice storm

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Northern Michigan continues to grapple with debris and forestry management.
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Don’t Blink! It’s Spring!

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In spring, I like to get out every day to see which plants have emerged. If you blink, you can miss the whole season.
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Immigration to northern Michigan: Checking in with Marcelo Betti

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Local immigration attorney Marcelo Betti says there’s a lot more to the story of immigration to northern Michigan than you might think.
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Ceremony kicks off the Arctic grayling’s return to the Lower Peninsula

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The fish will be released into three northern Michigan rivers.
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Ice storm relief available to northern Michigan hospitality workers

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The Michigan Hospitality Foundation is accepting financial aid applications for eligible workers who were impacted by the March ice storm.
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Northern Michigan program says to get discounted solar, sign up with your neighbor

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Access MI Solar offers discounts for projects — if enough people sign up.
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What shows do you love? Take the IPR News programming survey

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IPR News wants your opinion as we consider changes to our programming.
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A month after historic ice storms, hundreds of miles of Northern Michigan roads still “impassable”

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There are months of work ahead just to clear roads, an official with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources says.
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Anglers of the Au Sable file suit over Grayling munitions plant documents

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The group says it was promised over 9,000 pages from the state agency related to the development of a weapons manufacturing facility that recently broke ground in Grayling.
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Northern Michigan moves to clean up ice storm debris — by making energy

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The same debris that knocked out the power a few weeks ago could be used to make electricity.
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Montmorency County officials weigh challenges of ice storm recovery

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As Montmorency County works to rebuild the community from northern Michigan's historic ice storms, they are working to mitigate wildfires, economic damage and a federal regulation that may block some aid for houses.
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