In Michigan, the Marquette City Commission authorized the submission of a grant application to the U.S. Economic Development Administration to fund the creation of eight miles of trails along Lake Superior shoreline and install green infrastructure to stabilize erosion sites. Read the full story by WNMU – Marquette, MI.
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