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The Act of 1704 encouraged the import of naval stores form New England, offering £4 per ton of tar or pitch, £3 per ton of resin of turpentine, and £1 per ton of masts and bowsprits (40 cubic feet). The Act of 1705 forbade the cutting of unfenced or small pitch pine and tar trees with a diameter less than twelve inches.
Sharp was arrested by Trooper Craig Ziecina from the Michigan State Police in October 2011 during a coordinated arrest operation led by the DEA; Sharp was in possession of 200 kilograms (440 lb) of cocaine. [2] His arrest was captured on the dashboard camera of the Michigan State Police cruiser and published in the New York Times. [2] [10]
Michigan State Police, Ypsilanti Post. The Ypsilanti Post was merged into the Brighton Post in 2011. The Michigan State Police (MSP) is a full-service law enforcement agency, with approximately 3,000 employees who provide over 60 different services either directly to Michigan residents or in support of other law enforcement agencies.
Goodwin Heart Pine also produces precision-engineered wood flooring, from these specialty woods. The company has a unique focus of harvesting resin-saturated deadhead logs from rivers that loggers felled in the 1800s, which sank due to their high resin content. [1] The interior of the reclaimed logs is typically preserved by the tree's resin. [1]
The Michigan Conservation Officers work with local police departments, sheriff's departments, the Michigan State Police, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement Division, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and other state, federal, and foreign agencies including the Ontario ...
A fund-raising campaign by the Michigan Nature Association lead in 1973 to the purchase of 200 acres from Universal Oil. Three subsequent acquisitions, between 1989 and 2005, have expanded the sanctuary to 510 acres. The area protects one of the last old-growth white pine (Pinus strobus) stands in Michigan. Two connected loop trails are in the ...
Pine logs were shipped from Oregon by train. The structure is built on a steel frame resting on a 2-yard (1.8 m) thick concrete foundation. [3] As completed in 1923, the 26,000-square-foot (2,400 m 2) lodge cost US$5 million (equivalent to $70 million in 2016). [3]
The Madera Sugar Pine Company was a United States lumber company that operated in the Sierra Nevada region of California during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The company distinguished itself through the use of innovative technologies, including the southern Sierra's first log flume and logging railroad, along with the early adoption of the Steam Donkey engine.