Opinions
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has released new Eat Safe Fish guidelines for rainbow smelt and carp from seven different lakes across the state.
The updated Eat Safe Fish guidelines recommend limiting the consumption of certain locally caught smelt and carp based...
To the editor: There’s too much about the expansion of Camp Grayling I don’t know. Then I figured it out: Not knowing is a big part of the problem – not just for me but for everyone else, too.
Why does Camp Grayling need all that land? We don’t know. They’ve given us half-reasons but nothing...
The Air National Guard is requesting an expansion of 1,633 nautical square miles to the existing 11,042-square-mile airspace where military pilots train. It would establish permanent airspace east of I-75 and Grayling for jets to use between 500 and 17,999 feet. The Au Sable River Property Owners...
To the editor: In September a public meeting was conducted in Albert Township in Montmorency County concerning the proposed expansion of Camp Grayling. In that meeting the DNR’s spokesman, Tom Barnes, said something to the audience that was glossed over because the meeting was about to conclude....
With little notice, the Michigan National Guard on November 14 unveiled a proposed expansion to current military airspace that will be, in terms of impact, as big or bigger than the proposed doubling of Camp Grayling. And we have only until December 14 to offer our comments. That means we need...
A public comment period re-opened November 15 for the Michigan Air National Guard’s proposal to reconfigure charted airspace available for military aircrews to meet current training requirements.
The proposal is a culmination of years-long coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration,...
On the heels of the upcoming popular shopping days of Black Friday and Cyber Monday comes Giving Tuesday. This year, Giving Tuesday is on November 29. Locally, the North Central Michigan Community Foundation (NCMCF), in partnership with its lead foundation, Community Foundation for Northeast...
While the new name still may be unfamiliar, the invasive spongy moth, formerly referred to as gypsy moth, is well known across Michigan. In its caterpillar life stage, the insect is a voracious leaf eater.
Spongy moth populations were high last year across Lower Michigan, and many people are...
Following FDA approval, recommendations from the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and additional recommendations by the CDC director, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is urging certain Michiganders to get a booster shot if they received Pfizer...
Visitors to the Grayling area this summer will notice some spots in the woods where trees have been cut down on state-managed land near trails and roadways.
The clearcuts may be unsightly for a few seasons, but they’re an important part of the process the Michigan Department of Natural...