Michigan soliciting fisheries habitat projects 

Michigan soliciting fisheries habitat projects 
Great Lakes Echo

By Finn Mills 

Pre-proposal submissions for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ yearly fisheries habitat grants are now being accepted. Each year, the DNR allocates $1.5 million in fisheries habitat grants to governments and nonprofit organizations around the state.

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New interest in domestic mining comes with call for sustainability in the market

New interest in domestic mining comes with call for sustainability in the market
Great Lakes Echo

By Joe Lorenz

Electrification and tariffs mean rural Midwest communities can cash in on their mineral resources. But how can these ventures balance local benefit to the ecological cost?

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Ripley and District Horticultural Society experience life in a vineyard

Ripley and District Horticultural Society experience life in a vineyard
The Lucknow Sentinel
The Ripley and District Horticultural Society (RDHS) Oct. 15 meeting featured a first-person account of viticulture – the practice of growing grapes for the purpose of making wine by member Susan Miszturak. She and her husband spent 23 years in the Niagara region growing grapes and making wine before retiring
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Beaches, fishes and trees: Here’s a few northern Michigan projects that got a piece of the state budget

Beaches, fishes and trees: Here’s a few northern Michigan projects that got a piece of the state budget
Great Lakes Commission
The state of Michigan’s budget includes notable investments in conservation and restoration. Highlights include waterfront land conservation and funding to support an effort to reintroduce Arctic grayling to select rivers […]
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Funding applications open for 2025 Ripley Reunion proceeds

Funding applications open for 2025 Ripley Reunion proceeds
The Lucknow Sentinel
The Ripley Reunion committee is accepting applications for funding that will make a difference to the Ripley community. “Supporting our community is at the heart of the Ripley Reunion,” said Matt Farrell, 2025 committee chair, in a news release. “We are proud to share the success of this year’s event
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South Bruce OPP receiving support for Mobile Crisis Response Team

South Bruce OPP receiving support for Mobile Crisis Response Team
The Lucknow Sentinel
The Ontario government is investing $242,796.09 over two years to support the Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT) led by South Bruce OPP. “This grant will enable the OPP to expand its Mobile Crisis Response Teams across the province, allowing us to improve pathways and connections to necessary services for those
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Pilot program to send Huron paramedics, mental health workers to homeless encampments

Pilot program to send Huron paramedics, mental health workers to homeless encampments
The Lucknow Sentinel
HURON – A new pilot program launching in Huron County is aiming to confront the growing rates of homelessness in the county head on. The Community Paramedic Homelessness Outreach program is set to launch Wednesday, Sept. 10, and will see Huron County paramedics and Huron housing and homelessness services staff
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