View and download the new recycling guidelines for Houghton and Hancock residents:

Effective August 2 (Houghton)
Effective September 12 (Hancock)

A 60-minute webinar by Paul Eger, environmental engineer with Global Minerals Engineering, Hibbing, Minnesota. The webinar describes how modern mines operate under federal and state permits, and presents a case study demonstrating a mine remediation strategy in the Lake Superior basin. View webinar >

JUNE 26: Small Farm Systems, 1-6pm
AUGUST 28: Whole Farm Health, 1-6pm
OCTOBER 9: Seed Saving, 1-6pm

Extension short courses are scheduled at the North Farm to support Upper Peninsula citizens’ use of season extension technologies to produce food both for themselves and for the local markets. For more info >

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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.