Michigan Christmas Tree Industry and Production Overview
The Michigan Christmas tree sector is a year round business with a $5,000,000 industry showing major operations from early summer contracting to December cutting. Wild trees form about half of production while plantation trees rise, with 1.5 million trees used annually in state and major sources including red and Scotch pines. A proposed Mackinac Straits bridge design claims theoretical wind resistance over 600 miles per hour.
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Cottontail Gets Seasonal Attention in Michigan
The cottontail rabbit rises in prominence during winter in Michigan with about 1.49 million rabbits bagged by roughly 300,000 hunters each season. Southern Michigan hosts most of the range, while northern areas see more snowshoe hares. Harvest rates remain far below two thirds of the population, preserving future seasons.
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Dower Peninsula
Upper Peninsula
Northern Michigan deer harvest shows gains in buck and antlerless totals
Conservation Department estimates show a statewide deer kill of about 80 000 with 61 800 bucks and 18 400 antlerless deer in special seasons. Northern lower peninsula buck numbers rose 26 percent to 43 100 while upper peninsula totals fell due to weather and other factors. Antlerless results remained optimistic with 18 400 deer bagged in designated areas and 16 500 in the northern region.
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Conservation Department
Lower Peninsula
Upper Peninsula
Michigan State Parks Struggle With Crowded Campgrounds
Officials report a record 1,750,000 camper days in 1957 with 336,000 campers turned away due to full facilities. Overcrowding prompts plans for hundreds of new sites and costly upgrades to sewage, utilities, and buildings.
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Fast Tawns State Park
Ludington
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