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Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy

Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy

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Managing storm debris

What to do with excess storm debris after a significant storm in your area

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Storm debris planning tool

Emergency planners can use this tool to help prepare for storm recovery

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Storm recovery

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Latest news and information

Come along as teams hunt a tiny bug that threatens Michigan’s hemlock trees

April 17, 2025

(Today’s MI Environment story by Zoi Goss, of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Forest Resources Division, is courtesy of the DNR.) Well before sunrise o...

EGLE to conduct fish contaminant monitoring at youth fishing events around Michigan

April 16, 2025

Thanks to a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE...

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