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Nature photographer Dennis LaVergne recently took this photo of two American bald eagles nesting in Shelby Township’s Holland Ponds Park. Photo provided by Elizabeth Schultz
Photo by Erin Sanchez
The city of Utica and the Macomb County Planning and Economic Development team hold a visioning meeting Feb. 7 at the Utica Public Library to get public input on ways to improve the downtown.
UTICA DOWNTOWN VISIONING MEETING BRINGS MANY NEW IDEAS
Bald eagles seen at Holland Ponds Park nesting area EXPERTS UNSURE IF THEY ARE THE SAME PAIR SEEN LAST YEAR kszymanski@candgnews.com
SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Local nature photographers have recently spotted two American bald eagles nesting in Shelby Township’s Holland Ponds Park with possible eggs in the nest again. Last year, the bald eagle nest was reported to the township by a local photographer on March 9, but township officials have seen photos from
other photographers taken as early as March 5. This year, they have already been spotted. Elizabeth Schultz, a nature center coordinator at the Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center, said a few pictures from photographer Dennis LaVergne captured the eagles. “I have yet to confirm if it is the same pair as last year. We won’t know if they have eggs until late March, early April,” she said.
SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The city of Utica and the Macomb County Department of Planning and Economic Development held a visioning meeting Feb. 7 at the Utica Public Library to look at potential ways to improve the city and increase the population density, which is at the top of city leaders’ priority list. Utica received a grant from the department to have Michigan State University urban planning students create a “revisioning” of downtown Utica. They invited members of the public to participate and share their ideas to improve the city. Utica elected officials seek to improve the city in a variety of ways. They
See EAGLES on page 16A
See VISIONING on page 12A
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