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Fatal crash on M-77 investigated

MANISTIQUE — A 33-year-old Schoolcraft County man was killed Sunday night in a crash involving a dirt bike and a parked pickup truck on M-77. According to the Michigan State Police, at approximately 10:50 p.m. Sunday, troopers from MSP's Manistique outpost responded to a reported traffic ...

Michigan restricts buckthorn, other invasives, as landscapers cry foul

LANSING — A quiet moment of disbelief spread through the room after the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development unanimously voted to add six invasive plant species to the state’s prohibited and restricted species lists. Conservation advocates who had submitted comments and ...

U.P. tree nursery serves nation

WATERSMEET — The last remaining United States Forest Service nursery in the Eastern Region is located in Ottawa National Forest in the western Upper Peninsula. Tree seedlings grown there are shipped to destinations throughout nearly the northeastern quarter of the country. J.W. Toumey ...

Agencies warn residents of invasive pests, disease risk in firewood

MARQUETTE – The hemlock woolly adelgid can kill hemlock trees but is a very small invasive pest, making it hard to see in untreated firewood. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Department of Natural Resources are warning residents against transporting untreated ...