Author: Bridge Michigan
When Forests Burn, Lakes Suffer

Severe fires can damage soils, increase runoff, and degrade water quality in remote watersheds.
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Pennsylvania Activists Urge Lawmakers to Help Curb Soaring Electric Bills

Despite skyrocketing demand driven by data center development, the industry says it is not the cause of increasing costs for consumers.
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Federal wildfire bill may repeal ‘roadless rule’ that protects national forest land in Wisconsin

First passed in 2001, the rule prevents logging and road construction on almost 59 million acres of national forest land, including 69,000 acres of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin.
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Protect Yourself: Why Ticks Are Spreading in the Great Lakes region

Ticks are at their highest levels in nearly 10 years, experts share how to protect yourself from the tiny parasites.
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Oneida County Health Department to monitor five public beaches for E. coli this summer

Wisconsin’s Oneida County Health Department will be testing the water at five public beaches this summer.
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