The Nature of Things
Drive an hour in any direction in northern Michigan and you’ll see the landscape change in dramatic ways.
The explanation often lies in the soil.
Don’t call it “dirt” dirt is the stuff that scuffs up your sneakers or collects under your fingernails during a day of yard work.
“Soil” is a complex mix of silt, sand, clay, minerals, microbes, and organic matter and holds much of the power in deciding what kinds of plants grow on a landscape.
The massive sheet of ice which carved and shaped Michigan thousands of years ago is long gone, but its impacts continue to play a role in the plant life of our region.
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ALPENA The number of Northeast Michiganders actively infected with COVID-19 decreased today for the first time since October as local public health officials reported more new recoveries than new infections.
And, in more good news in the coronavirus fight, frontline health care workers at two Michigan hospitals became the first in the state to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Pulmonary and critical care physician Marc McClelland, 46, was among those receiving vaccinations today at Spectrum Health Butterworth in Grand Rapids. Vaccinations also were carried out at Michigan Medical in Ann Arbor.
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ALPENA Two more Montmorency County residents have died after being infected with the coronavirus, health officials reported today.
It was 32nd death of a Northeast Michigander since the pandemic began, including 18 Alpena County residents, three Presque Isle County residents, four Montmorency County residents, and seven Alcona County residents.
The last death was reported Tuesday.
Public health officials today reported 54 newly infected Northeast Michiganders, including 22 Alpena County residents, 26 Presque Isle County residents, five Montmorency County residents, and one Alcona County resident.
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