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Mary Clark-Carmago’s tile Phoenix made with materials found in the Deukmejian Wilderness Park, also benefits the park. 100% of proceeds from the sale of all 149 pieces in the group show goes to cleaning up and restoring the parks. The Art From The Ashes exhibit is running through July 24th at 216 S Brand Blvd [...]
A deal closed last week protects almost 190,000 acres of forestland, the largest land conservation initiative in Minnesota’s history, while the private owner will continue timber management. The public will have recreational access to almost 190,000 acres of privately owned Minnesota forest thanks to the state’s largest land conservation deal ever and one of the [...]
“We, the North American beavers, Castor canadensis, are what is known as a ‘keystone’ species. Unlike your kind, we play a critical role in maintaining the health, structure and balance of ecological communities. Our dams and labor create new habitat where multitudes thrive; subsequently, relative to our biomass, we have a disproportionate influence upon species diversity and stability. We are integral allogenic ecosystem engineers; and just as with a keystone in an arch, the entire structure collapses when we are removed.”
Opponents of the Traverse City, Michigan wood-burning plant said existing facilities in the region, including this one in Cadillac, were already tapping available wood supply. They also fought the plant on health grounds and lack of consideration of cleaner alternatives. A public outcry against a proposed $40 million, 10-megawatt wood-burning plant in northern Michigan’s Traverse [...]
