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FoodForests and PlantsLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchTourismSmashing pumpkins in Traverse City to reduce trash
-As part of a waste diversion effort, more than 3 tons of pumpkin waste are being composted in Traverse City.
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Presenting Atlas Obscura: The Mysterious Sinkholes of Mount Baldy
-One family’s visit to a famous Indiana sand dune turns into a wild tale of a missing boy and mysterious tunnels.
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Equity and Environmental JusticeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWisconsinPublic hearing draws on big questions about Upper Peninsula copper mining
-In Gogebic County, on the western end of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, towering old-growth evergreens carpet the landscape as it rolls down toward the deep blue of Lake Superior.
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Points North: The Biggest Buck That Maybe Never Was
-In 1998, a hunter named Mitch Rompola claimed he’d shot the biggest whitetail in North America. It was all over the news, but instead of becoming a famous hunter, he became an infamous one.
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Feature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsHow northern Michiganders can help people affected by hurricanes
-Organizations from northern Michigan have been sending people to assist with relief efforts on the ground. Here are some ways to help from home.
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Points North: A New Hope for Anishinaabemowin
-When Theresa Eischen heard about the original Star Wars film being translated into Anishinaabemowin, she auditioned for Princess Leia. She had zero voice acting experience, so it was a long shot.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchPoints North: The Last to Leave
-A researcher in Ohio was surrounded by hundreds of dead ash trees. They had been wiped out by the emerald ash borer. But in that same forest, she found a lone tree thriving. Could this be the key to saving ash from extinction?
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AdvocacyEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeTraverse City lawyer gets national recognition for making economic arguments against coal
-Chris Bzdok has argued to state regulators that utility customers shouldn’t have to pay for coal infrastructure, because the investment isn’t worth it in the long run.
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Points North: Labor of Mixed Emotions
-For more than 20 years, Nic Theisen has spent his days on his hands and knees in the dirt farming. It’s a tough way to make a living, and for years Nic didn’t always know if the farm would make it. Until something big changed.
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Points North: A Natural Ending
-Peter Quakenbush’s dream is to create a conservation burial forest – a place that would both preserve the woods and give people the option to be buried in nature. But not everyone is on board with that idea.
