Category Archives: Marquette

Sulfide Mining goes to the movies

May 23, 2008 – 12:03 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X7G4GBS0hw

For more on this issue visit Save the Wild UP and also check out Anatomy of a mine: Lansing hearings put U.P. wilderness on trial from the Lansing City Pulse:

The hearings hit hard rock Wednesday, April 30, when a white-haired man in suspenders slowly made his way to the stand, leaning on a cane.

Jack [...]

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Marquette, Michigan - 'Paradise Found'

March 27, 2008 – 7:22 am

NW vista by DA2Brian
Marquette, MI has been named one of the top 200 places in the U.S. for sportsmen and women to put their roots down in the April edition of Outdoor Life magazine.
These places exist in every state, towns where you can step out your back door with a fly rod or a shotgun [...]

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Five things you need to know for Wednesday, March 12, 2008

March 12, 2008 – 11:57 am

Welcome to a special March Madness edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan. Last weekend featured championships in girls basketball, boys swimming and diving, competitive cheer, gymnastics, wrestling and hockey and you can get all the details from the Freep, Detroit News and mLive.
Michigan Girls Basketball State Championships
Last weekend the state [...]

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Bookstores in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

January 15, 2008 – 9:56 am

There must be more bookstores in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, but these are the only ones we could find with web pages. If you know of any UP Michigan bookstores that we missed, let us know in the comments!

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Manoomin Project restores wild rice to UP … and that's just the beginning

November 13, 2007 – 7:12 am

Last year we ran a story on the Manoomin Project, a program in which at-risk teens restore wild rice to Michigan's Upper Peninsula with help from American Indian tribes. Click through to read a feature by Greg Peterson about this ground-breaking Michigan initiative that's now in its 4th year. You can also scroll to the [...]

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Sulfide mining slouches onward

September 18, 2007 – 8:30 am

If you're wondering what all the fuss is about metallic sulfide mining in Michigan, the best place to get your feet wet is to watch this video from Dick Huey, a spokesman for the group Save the Wild UP:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1650665350951640538

Acid Mine Drainage by Save the Wild UP
If a mine with the potential to generate battery acid [...]

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Photo Friday: bay city fireworks by Michphotog

July 27, 2007 – 6:56 pm

A couple of weeks ago I did the Photo Friday on a Thursday, which I suppose is better than almost forgetting about it altogether!
I'm going to pretend that I decided to wait until evening get the full impact of this great fireworks photo.
In addition to this set of Bay City fireworks photos, Michphotog has a [...]

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