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      <title>Restoration work begins on an ancient mound in Kalamazoo</title>
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      <description>The Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi, or Gun Lake Tribe, announced the project as a collaboration between the tribe, the city of Kalamazoo and a native plants group.</description>
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      <description>The Michigan State Capitol will undergo a major restoration project to ensure that new panes in the rotunda's glass floor will closely match the originals.</description>
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      <title>New construction to continue restoration of the Jordan River</title>
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      <description>Three aging culverts will be removed — two of which are the last human-made obstructions on main stem of the Jordan River.</description>
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      <title>Platte Point restoration aims to undo 50 years worth of dredging</title>
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      <description>Federal officials are working to undo more than 50 years of dredging on the Platte River at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 22:58:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>When most people hear the word “reef,” they imagine bright coral in some tropical place. But reefs are found everywhere, including the Great Lakes – and in many places, they’re being degraded.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2023 17:05:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Dow settlement awards $77 million for restoration projects in Saginaw Bay region</title>
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      <description>Funding from a $77-million-dollar settlement with Dow Chemical Company is helping cover a number of nature restoration projects in the Saginaw Bay Watershed. Public comment on the projects is now open.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 14:14:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BIPOC community voices equity concerns in Grand River restoration project</title>
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      <description>Restoration plans for the Grand River have been underway for several years.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2023 23:15:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Patrick Center</dc:creator>
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      <title>WWI memorial in Gladwin nearly restored</title>
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      <description>A nearly hundred year old WWI memorial in Gladwin County has gotten a much-needed facelift.The monument was built in 1925, and has deteriorated…</description>
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      <title>DNR seeks environmentally sensitive land for habitat restoration</title>
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      <description>Michigan is looking for people to offer up their land in the name of restoration. The DNR is asking people with environmentally sensitive land to consider…</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:35:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>A Traverse City creek will be ‘under renovation’ again this year for the 14th year in a row. Local officials have received new grant money to continue…</description>
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