While some don’t consider burning trash as green, Michigan is exploring waste-to-fuel plants as an alternative energy source.

Heavy use of the Jordan by party-minded paddlers is raising tough questions about how to preserve the wild character of Michigan’s first designated Natural River.

This video game by the Entertainment Technology Center and The Field Museum of Chicago, funded by the MacArthur Foundation, lets you take over the Great Lakes, protect them, and learn about invasive species.
In round one, you are the carp. Fight native perch for food (and watch them float up to the surface with X’s in their eyes) and get your carp friends to jump out of the water and knock boaters out of their boats.
In the next round, you are the Carp Czar appointed to keep the carp out of …

There’s no federal requirement that municipalities have to disinfect the groundwater and Wisconsin scientists found that viruses can get into deep wells and make people sick.

Residents of Wisconsin believe their home state is shaped like a mitten. Since when? If you’re going to use another state’s trademark, at least choose a state on the other side of the country, not one right next to you. Or be shaped more like a mitten.
Those of us who live in Michigan have a hard time accepting Wisconsin as the place where you use your hand to point out where you are from.
According to the Kalamazoo Gazette, on Dec. 1, Wisconsin’s Tourism Department released their photo of a stretched-out …

The bolstering of lake herring in Lake Huron may be stunted by an emerging fatal fish disease.

Great Lakes ships may be getting natural gas makeovers.
Researchers with the Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute will soon study converting steam-powered ships to natural gas, using either compressed or liquid natural gas as primary fuel sources.
The team is also working with the Lake Michigan Carferry Service to determine the possibility of converting the controversial S.S. Badger to natural gas. From mid-May through mid-October, the S.S. Badger travels between Manitowoc, Wisc., and Ludington, Mich., every day. The monster vessel is the only coal-fired steamship operating in the U.S. and has come …

A big stretch of white, sandy beaches is a picturesque scene for vacationers looking to swim, read or build sandcastles. But a clear shoreline on Great Lakes beaches can also attract pests – birds.

Urban farmers in Flint, Mich., have run into a problem – finding water for their crops. The challenge stems from zoning laws, unwilling neighbors and chemicals.

 
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