Michigan Tech Revives Forestry, Conservation Program for Flint Youth

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By Michigan Live | 01 August 2012 | 190

Dick Laing recalls with pride working with Michigan Tech University on a residential “boot camp” style program in forestry and conservation skills in the Upper Peninsula that helped disadvantaged youngsters develop life skills. The program eventually fell victim to budgetary neglect, he says. Laing never doubted, however, the value of the effort to put children from urban areas out into the natural wonders of Michigan. Read More