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Low water hinders the water mammals from entering and leaving their homes and it promotes invasive cattail growth. A new regulation plan that more closely mimics historic water fluctuations could create more suitable habitat, according to a recent study.
The findings are a reminder that climate has never really been stable, and that much of the evidence of human adaptation to climate change isn’t found on land.
Michigan’s natural landscapes have been marketed as refuges for urbanites since the 1800s.
Officials obtained a court order and removed 11 animals from Kenneth Hetrick’s property.
The Leelanau Peninsula hamlet has earned a spot on the National Register of Historic Places.
The U.S. Forest Service busts a 70-year-old Minnesota man for stealing thousands of black spruce tree tops from the Chippewa National Forest in northern Minnesota and selling them for Christmas decorations. Edminster — whose birthday coincidentally falls on Christmas Day — pleaded guilty to stealing federal government property and faces sentencing by U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina Wright later this year.
Challengers to a segment of the 17-mile long trailway say the National Park Service failed to fully disclose the environmental impacts of the trail.
State is developing legislatively-mandated list of plants and animals that residents can own and trade.
The East African and North American Great Lakes face remarkably similar challenges.
Couple fined $10,000 and told to remove fill.