Showcasing the DNR: Stepping up to the plate

  • Volunteers from across Michigan help out on a Michigan Cares for Tourism event to complete maintenance tasks at Fort Wilkins Historic State Park in Keweenaw County. (Michigan DNR photo)

    Volunteers from across Michigan help out on a Michigan Cares for Tourism event to complete maintenance tasks at Fort Wilkins Historic State Park in Keweenaw County. (Michigan DNR photo)

    Volunteers from across Michigan help out on a Michigan Cares for Tourism event to complete maintenance tasks at Fort Wilkins Historic State Park in Keweenaw County. (Michigan DNR photo)
By ADA TAKACS DNR Forest Resources Division Volunteer Coordinator LANSING— Many Michiganders believe spring officially arrives once the robins or red-winged blackbirds return, or the sap flows and buckets show up on maple trees. Few folks ever think about the other creatures who come out of their winter slumber long before the trilliums begin to bloom, and morels make an appearance. The creatures…

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