The Traverse City, Michigan-based Conservation Resource Alliance plans to rebrand Black Friday as Green Friday to kick off its participation in the new Forest to Mi Faucet program. The primary focus is to make a link between forest cover and clean drinking water. Read the full story by the Traverse City Record-Eagle.
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