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The Duck Lake Fire was reported 100% contained by the Michigan DNR on 15 June 2012 with 21,135 acres burned. The Duck Lake Fire was reported as the third worst fire in Michigan since 1881. [ Note 1 ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was the second major fire in Luce County within five years.
The Meridian Boundary Fire burned 8,586 acres near Grayling, Michigan in 2010.. The U.S. state of Michigan has been the site of several major wildfires.The worst of these were in the lumbering era of the late-1800s when lumbering practices permitted the buildup of large slash piles and altered forest growth patterns which may have contributed to size of the wildfires.
A 10-acre woodland fire was reported in Wayne County. Burning is not advised.
For questions regarding the burn ban, contact the county executive's office at 814-451-6000. Contact Nicholas Sorensen at nsorensen@gannett.com.
After a heat wave scorched Tacoma and Pierce County last week, and with more hot weather on the way, Pierce County announced a county-wide burn ban will take effect at 12 a.m. Friday until further ...
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is the agency of the state of Michigan founded in 1921, charged with maintaining natural resources such as state parks, state forests, and recreation areas. It is governed by a director appointed by the Governor and accepted by the Natural Resources Commission. Since 2023, the Director is Scott ...
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In 2009, Governor Jennifer Granholm moved to merge the DNR and the DEQ into a new Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE). [3] The state Senate passed a resolution to stop the merger. [6] However, Granholm's Executive Order No. 2009-45 combined the two over the objections of the Senate. [3]