Land
When fire changes the landscape
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Two years after the Duck Lake fire swept through 21,000 acres in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, experts this spring will assess the need for new plantings to restore the primarily jack pine forest.
Energy
Landscope: Increasing presence of well pads in Michigan
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By Evan KreagerGreat Lakes Echo
Take a look at this map. Cover the title, key and footer. It looks as if someone had a blank map of Michigan and began splattering paint across it. It’s like a work of art. But when the title of the map is revealed, it becomes obvious that all those pretty colors are actually different types of wells strewn across Michigan’s mitten.
Waste
Landscope: A landfill is born
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In this installment of our “Landscope” series, get a bird’s eye view of the “birth” of a landfill in Kent County, Mich.
Land
Landscope: Small Saline grows quickly
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In this installment of our “Landscope” series, get a bird’s eye view of the growth of Saline, Mich., which has expanded from small farming town to an ever-growing community.
Land
Landscope: Highway shaped Gaylord growth
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In this installment of our “Landscope” series, get a bird’s eye view of the northern Michigan town of Gaylord, which has seen much economic development in the last couple decades.
Land
Landscope: Moving Detroit’s 2,700 ton Gem Theater
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Normally construction for a major project like Detroit’s Comerica Park requires the demolition of everything in its way.
One building, the Gem Theater, was fortunate to survive.
Land
Landscope: Grand Rapids growth
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In this installment of our “Landscope” series, get a bird’s eye view of the western Michigan city of Grand Rapids – and its evolution from farming town to one of the most popular cities for young professionals.
Land
Landscope: A city lies buried under Michigan’s west coast
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Before it was buried in the late 19th Century, Singapore, Mich. was a bustling lumber town on the southwest coast of Michigan. As time passed, it was lost under the shifting dunes.
Wildlife
Landscope: Backpacks trace birds to Bahamas
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Endangered Kirtland’s warblers spend the summer nesting only in certain areas of Michigan, Wisconsin and Ontario.
They winter in the Bahamas. Researchers are using tiny light sensors to track how the birds travel between those areas.
Advances in technology help researchers track the birds to get a better understanding of their migration route to the Bahamas.
Land
Landscope: Southfield explosion
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Now a booming suburb of Metro Detroit, Southfield has come a long way from a small agricultural town.
The city grew from around 18,500 residents in 1950 to more than 78,000 residents in 2000 before declining to 71,758 residents by 2010.
This increase was due to the growth of suburbs, where fresh air and having your own backyard was advertised by real estate agencies, as opposed to city living, where housing was crowded and dense.