By Jim Measel
May 24, 2021 | 10:45 AM
COLDWATER TOWNSHIP, MI. (WTVB) â The information lobby at all of the Michigan Department of Transportation Welcome Centers including the one on northbound I-69 at the six mile marker in Branch County will be reopening on May 28 with appropriate safety protocols in place.
The 14 Welcome Center information lobbies were shut down in March of 2020 as part of the ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The reopening of the information lobbies comes after the May 15 Michigan Department of Health and Human Services gatherings and face mask order which loosened COVID-19 restrictions.
Demand for travel and tourism information is expected to be high over the long Memorial Day weekend. Triple-A forecasts over one million Michigan residents will take a trip during the holiday period, a nearly 57 percent increase from last year.
Oak Wilt Awareness Month in Michigan
Monique Sakalidis, Michigan State University, Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences and Department of Forestry, and Ruth Dorando Marcy, MSU Extension -
April 27, 2021
This campaign raises awareness about oak wilt prevention guidelines: avoid wounding trees between April 15-July 15, seal accidental wounds, do not move firewood, and take prompt action to control outbreaks.
By proclamation of the governor, May has been designated as Oak Wilt Awareness Month in Michigan to bring statewide attention to the value of oaks to Michigan’s environment, recreation and wood products industries, and the need to raise awareness about prevention and management of oak wilt, a disease killing red oaks across the state every year.