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The City of Marquette is temporarily limiting nighttime driving along a portion of a popular road to help protect migrating blue-spotted salamanders. Salamanders are threatened all over the country due to the loss of wetlands and the destruction of forests. But we're lucky here in Michigan! We're one of the only states where blue-spotted salamanders are still very common. |
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| If you know, you know. Short's Anni Party is awesome. Is there even a better Michigan block party out there? Anyway, they haven't had one for two years because of the pandemic and it is so beloved by so many people that it's a really big deal that it's back. |
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| How adorable is the owl in this photo? Seriously, look at that little guy. Hooo. If you're into owls, there's a really great opportunity right now in a natural corridor way up north that funnels thousands of birds through the Great Lakes region during their spring and fall migrations. |
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| Michigan Central Station. One of the most recognizable buildings in all of Detroit. Towering above a small park about a mile and a half west from downtown, the iconic monolith has become emblematic of the city's story: A surge of wealth, power and worldwide prestige; a plummeting fall into difficulty and neglect; and, now, a glinting window into a hopeful future. |
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