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#michigan

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Chris Dolunt

I currently live in Michigan's 10th district, our US Rep is Republican John James, who refuses to hold a town hall, so the Dems are holding one instead.

Despite scheduling it for the same day and time as the Tesla Takedown protest today, all 644 seats are full.

Disclaimer: I do not think the Democratic party can get us out of this mess.

#Michigan#TeslaTakedown#Townhall
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Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

Good news to read about the Richmond Woods Nature Preserve in Newaygo County!

"The national nonprofit Old-Growth Forest Network recently added the 114-acre nature preserve in Michigan’s Newaygo County to its registry of older forests.

Land management at the site will focus on reversing the nationwide decline of old-growth forests, officials said."

mlive.com/environment/2025/03/

mlive · The roster of ‘future old-growth’ forests in Michigan is expandingBy Sheri McWhirter | smcwhirter@mlive.com
#Michigan#OldGrowthForestNetwork#RichmondWoodsNaturePreserve
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BLK News Now!

#PODCAST: Listen to the latest interview on the BLK News Now! Podcast. This week's guest is Sociologist Joe LaBriola at the University of #Michigan #Survey #Research Center. LaBriola published his research on TheConversation.com last month which shows how the racial #wealth gap for whites and Blacks has widened in part due to rising #house prices.

Tune into our podcast interview currently on #Spotify and find new interviews every Saturday.
blknewsnow.com/sociologist-joe

BLKNewsNow.com - News blog for Black America · Sociologist Joe LaBriola explains why rising U.S. house prices are widening the Black-white wealth gap - BLKNewsNow.comFor decades, researchers have tracked the household incomes and wealth generation among Black and white Americans. The Black-white wealth gap is a significant and persistent economic disparity in the United States, reflecting deep-rooted historical injustices and systemic barriers that have hindered wealth accumulation among Black households. For example, as of 2019, the median wealth of white
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Nonilex

Sightings can be logged in the DNR’s Eyes in the Field reporting system.

www2.dnr.state.mi.us/ors/Home?

Roell said #cougars are on the list of #endangered mammals in #Michigan, meaning it’s #illegal to #hunt or #harass them, which includes trying to locate their den. It’s also illegal to trespass on private property, he noted.

For the latest info on cougars, including the DNR’s cougar sightings photo page [michigan.gov/dnr/education/mic], visit Michigan.gov/Cougar.

#CougarCubs#wildlife#conservation
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Nonilex

Although #cougars are native to #Michigan, most of them now appear to be transient animals, dispersing into MI from Western states. The DNR has verified 132 adult #cougar reports, Roell said, but DNA testing has confirmed only male cougars to date.

The #CougarCubs have not been spotted since March 6. “Those young cougars are very vulnerable right now,” Roell said. “We don’t know where they are or if they’re even alive. Mother Nature can be very cruel.”

#wildlife#conservation
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Nonilex

“It really shows that we have a unique place in #Michigan where someone has a chance to see a #wolf, a #moose & a #cougar in the #wild. It’s something that should be celebrated, that we have the #habitat to support an elusive animal like this,”Roell said.

The cubs were spotted & photographed without their mother. #CougarCubs are highly dependent on their mothers, often staying with them for the first two years of life.

#ecosystems#conservation#wildlife
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Nonilex

This is the first time #CougarCubs have been verified since the big cats were hunted out of existence in #Michigan in the early 1900s, said Brian Roell, large carnivore specialist for the MDNR. Roell, a #wildlife biologist for 26yrs, led the team that verified the cubs.

“It’s pretty exciting, considering this could be the first known cougar reproduction in modern times in the western #GreatLakes states,”said Roell, referring to Michigan, Wisconsin & Minnesota.

The two people who first spotted them initially believed them to be bobcats. Credit: Michigan Department of Natural Resources
The kittens were estimated to be 7-8 weeks old. Credit: Michigan Department of Natural Resources
#ecosystems#conservation
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Nonilex

For the first time in >100 years, #cougar cubs have been discovered living in the #Michigan #wild.

State biologists on Wednesday confirmed the existence of 2 #CougarCubs on private land in Ontonagon County in the western #UP. The spotted cubs, believed to be 7–9 weeks old, were verified from photographic evidence of the cubs taken March 6 by a local resident.

#wildlife #conservation
michigan.gov/dnr/about/newsroo

Cougar Cub crouching beneath a tire in slushy snow
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QOTCA 💛

Oh, Howell #Rascists #KKK #ACAB #WhiteSupremacists #Michigan

"The release said the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop in coordination with the Howell Police Department on a U-Haul vehicle as it was leaving the area, identifying one member of the group, although it didn’t release that person’s name or hometown. However, they did “encourage the media” to use the Freedom of Information Act to identify the protestors “and bring light to who these masked messengers of hate are and the organization they represent.”

**"When the local newspaper the Livingston Daily did just that, submitting a FOIA request for that information, it reported that while it received two police reports from the incident, both redacted all identifying information."**

“Part of the reason people were afraid to come out of the American Legion was because they were intimidated by these people, and I want to show there’s nothing to be intimidated about these people. They’re cowards. They’re nothing but cowards,” he said.

The victim watched these people racially harass his community four times before that night when he decided that them being just a few blocks from his house was enough,” said Ohashi. “The reason minority community members have been forced to the point of confronting these terrorists themselves is the direct result of the inaction by the city, local leaders and law enforcement. Ignoring and pretending away something is not a strategy.”

michiganadvance.com/2025/03/21

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