Category: Conservation
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It seems like an odd question. Most of us share a common understanding: to keep something in its current state or protect it from harm. If you’ve been following recent posts here or city communications, you may know the Riverland Park parcel on North Van Dyke is coming back before the Sterling Heights City Council,…
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A recent story in the New York Times lamented irreparable damage to the ‘Witness’ Tree outside of Abraham Lincoln’s former home, part of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois. What is a Witness Tree? They are trees that were present during a grand historical or cultural event in America. The trees got…
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In 1875, the Overland Monthly magazine published the words of John Muir’s observations and musings about the relationship between human civilization and nature in the column Wild Wool, a theme established by his own words of intention, “To obtain a hearing on behalf of Nature from any other standpoint than that of human use is…