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Sunday, April 28, 2013  Earth Keepers goal is to have 30 church gardens within the next two years

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Researchers say that the recent rainfall will help the water levels of the Great Lakes but are unsure as to how long the boost will last

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Plans include changing the positioning of rocks along the road and moving the road further away from the shoreline

Sunday, March 24, 2013  Western U.P. ski resorts have mixed emotions about massive snowfall

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has approved the last major permit needed to construct a copper and silver mine in the Upper Peninsula

Friday, March 01, 2013  The Michigan DEQ is offering grants to monitor water quality for local governments and nonprofit groups

Saturday, February 16, 2013  The 31-mile race loops teams through Sand Plains and back to Gwinn

Friday, February 15, 2013  Vote in the FOX UP Daily Pulse

Friday, January 11, 2013  The indigenous and environmental movement "Idle No More" is growing worldwide, and our neighbors are joining in

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  The Marquette County Road Commission spent two years working on a proposal for County Road, 595 but it was denied last week

Tuesday, January 08, 2013  Rio Tinto recently published a community scorecard regarding the Eagle Mine, but some are skeptical about the results

Monday, January 07, 2013  Rio Tinto says the scorecard allows community members to rate their performance in five areas voted most important by the people within local communities

Saturday, January 05, 2013  The Marquette County Road Commission and Congressman Dan Benishek responded to the Michigan Department of Environmental Qualitie's denial of the permit for CR 595

Friday, January 04, 2013  The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality released a statement on Thursday that provides a big setback for the proposed Marquette County Road 595

Sunday, December 16, 2012  The Marquette County Community Foundation has recently appointed the Community Environmental Monitoring Project Board to assist as a neutral third party in the monitoring of the Rio Tinto Eagle Mine's operations with the Superior Watershed Partnership