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At the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center last month, Senior Master Sgt. Jeremy Wohlford, right, CRTC fire chief, holds a $50,000 monitor that uses laser technology to identify dangerous chemicals as Vince Cammack, CRTC assistant chief of operations, explains its use.
ALPENA If an oil spill oozed its way to Thunder Bay and onto the shores of Alpena, local responders wouldn’t have the needed equipment on hand to stop it.
Northeast Michigan does have at its disposal, however, a well-stocked military base, state and federal disaster response agencies, and the power of teamwork, planning, and community-mindedness, officials said.
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Dec 21, 2020
Join Great Lakes Divers and Great Lakes, Great Responsibility for the inaugural holiday clean up dive at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Divers, snorkelers, freedivers, and beach walkers will meet at Rockport State Recreation Area for an afternoon of diving in and cleaning up.
Divers, hikers and beach walkers are invited to come pick up trash to contribute to the Great Lakes 1 Million challenge – a call to action to pick up 1 million pieces of trash from the Great Lakes basin.
As a fun bonus, the founder of Great Lakes, Great Responsibility, Meag Schwartz, will be jumping into Lake Huron to raise awareness for Great Lakes pollution prevention.