The Marquette Food Co-op (MFC) is working in partnership with Northern Initiatives (NI) and Northern Michigan University (NMU) to educate local farmers, potential farmers and the community on season extension methods using hoop houses and sustainable growing methods. Learn more >

Great Lakes Research Videos including seminars sponsored by the Great Lakes Research Center at Michigan Technological University.
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WHERE: near Eagle Harbor

WHEN: Saturday, August 23 and Sunday, August 24, 2014, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM each day

INSTRUCTOR: Botanist Janet Marr has taught various Gratiot Lake Conservancy-sponsored workshops focusing on spring botany (May) and aquatic plants (August) in addition to this wetland workshop (August); she also has taught many botany workshops on Isle Royale (June) sponsored by the Isle Royale & Keweenaw Parks Association

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Michigan utility customers may be eligible for a free furnace or boiler tune-up through a statewide energy efficiency program. Tune-ups ensure heating systems are running cleanly and efficiently, saving residents money and eliminating health and safety risks.

Blue Terra Energy is conducting the free tune-ups, normally priced at $100, for natural gas utility customers in the western Upper Peninsula. Residents must be Semco Energy Gas Company customers to qualify. Customers can call (906) 487-5342 to schedule.

The free furnace and boiler tune-ups are funded by revenue collected from a small surcharge Michigan utility customers currently pay on their monthly bills. In addition to a free tune-up, customers may also be eligible to receive a new programmable thermostat and/or new carbon monoxide detector, free of charge.