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A three-day ice storm in northern Michigan early this spring left 145,000 people without power, some for weeks. Three months later, clean-up efforts are focused on millions of acres of the state's forests, where broken and fallen trees could affect the forest's long-term health.
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Meteorologists are warning Michganders about possible storms over the weekend. They say the biggest threat is flooding and high winds.
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Northern Michigan continues to grapple with debris and forestry management.
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The Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan has reopened their COVID-19 Urgent Needs Fund to help communities while they recover from the historic ice storm.
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WCMU's David Nicholas interviews Katy Xenakis-Makowski, superintendent of the Johannesburg-Lewiston school district, about recovering from the ice storm and the challenges her students face.
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Organizations say they're working to restore the areas before the peak outdoor tourism season begins.
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Sugar maples recover better than most species, according to a researcher at the University of Vermont.
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The Michigan Economic Development Corporation is allocating over $1 million to pay for generators and food for counties hit by last month's ice storm that brought widespread destruction to the region.
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State Rep. Parker Fairbairn's (R-Harbor Springs) bill would distribute $75 million in relief for northern Michigan. The spending would meet the matching requirements to qualify for $225 million of federal disaster aid, lawmakers say.
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The species' hyper-specific jack pine habitat was in the path of the ice storm, but DNR officials say it was left mostly unscathed.