Great Lakes Echo: This could be an above average year for wildfires in the Great Lakes region. A federal report from the National Predictive Services Program anticipates the potential for higher than the average number of wildfires for the region by the end of summer. The report is produced under the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, a coalition of state and federal agencies that set wildfire training and equipment standards. It predicts a small increase of wildfires this year for the lower region of Michigan,...