Preserving Michigan

“Preserving Michigan” is an ongoing series exploring the history and impact of the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund on the people and communities of Michigan. The series is underwritten by the Michigan Environmental Council. Issue Media Group maintains editorial independence for all of our underwritten content. Please review our editorial underwriting policy for more information.

The Arlington carries lumber on a different voyage.

SS Arlington discovered in Lake Superior

“These targets don’t always amount to anything … but this time it absolutely was a shipwreck. A wreck with an interesting, and perhaps mysterious story," said Bruce Lynn, executive director of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society.

Calumet wins Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation

Recognitions and grants from the state of Michigan will help preservation efforts in downtown Calumet.

The Eagle Harbor Lighthouse.
Upper Peninsula lighthouses get improvement funding

“The historic lighthouses lining our freshwater shoreline — the longest in the world — are part of the splendor of Pure Michigan,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said.

Land like this in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula will be conserved after a massive sale.
TNC completes land acquisition in Keweenaw

“Protecting the Keweenaw Heartlands is a global priority for The Nature Conservancy, and I am thrilled we finalized this purchase so everyone can enjoy and appreciate these iconic lands and waters forever,” said Helen Taylor, state director for The Nature Conservancy in Michigan.

Core Reynolds Anderson
U.P. post office renamed for trailblazing representative

“Cora Reynolds Anderson is such an important part of Michigan’s history. As the first woman elected to the Michigan House of Representatives – and the first Native American woman to serve in any state legislature – she paved the way for so many women, including me, to hold public office,” Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow said.   

Jack Deo at his Superior View Studio.
Portrait of an artist: Preserving the U.P.’s past

“People will be using these images for the next century and beyond to understand what life was like in the U.P. during the 19th and early 20th century. His work, and collection, is an important repository of the ‘Yooper’ way-of-life,'" said Dan Truckey, director of NMU’s Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center.

The interior of the former Delft Theater, now Delft Bistro.
Now showing … former theaters repurposed

Once the heart of many downtowns, older movie theaters across Michigan are being turned into restaurants, distilleries and shops. 

Bob Jacquart, the 2022 recipient of the MFG Lifetime Achievement Award
Ironwood’s Bob Jacquart to receive lifetime achievement award from state manufacturing group

"It gives me great pride to represent the manufacturing community of the Upper Peninsula and to manufacture products here that ship all over the world,” Bob Jacquart says.

It's time to renovate the Lower Harbor Fish Cleaning Station in Marquette, says the South Shore Fishing Association.
Placemaking by way of fish: Restoration of fish cleaning station planned in Marquette

“Our goal is to “Re-Activate” a public space that was widely used but has exceeded its useful life cycle,” says Craig Cugini, a member of the South Shore Fishing Association.  

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