Capital News Service

Electric cars fighting for fuel in Michigan

By Riley Murdock | May 23, 2018

Michigan is moving to better accommodate electric cars with upcoming pilot programs by DTE Energy and Consumers Energy.

Campaign against plastic straws picks up speed

By Agnes Bao | May 22, 2018

Americans use lots and lots of plastic straws, and that’s bad for the environment.

Honk, honk, ribbit, ribbit in protected wetlands

By Eric Freedman | May 17, 2018

A new study done in Ontario and Michigan finds that waterfowl aren’t the only beneficiaries of wetlands management projects and restoration–many other bird and frog species benefit too.

Catch more trout–if you can!

By Kaley Fech | May 16, 2018

Angling for brook trout? Fourteen U.P. counties — Menominee is the sole exception — now have at least one stream where the daily bag limit for brook trout is five rather than 10.

New invasive plant plan fights monarch nemesis

By Casey Hull | May 15, 2018

State agencies and their partners are working to save the declining monarch butterfly, which is threatened by the black swallow-wort, an invasive vine that resembles the milkweed plants that monarchs need to eat.

New findings raise concerns about avian malaria in Great Lakes region

By Eric Freedman | May 10, 2018

The blood parasites that infect songbirds with avian malaria are far more diverse in Southwest Michigan than scientists knew.

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Calls for national cattle tracking system follow Michigan’s success

By Crystal Chen | May 9, 2018

Michigan is among the first states to track cattle with ear tags that emit radio signals, a system livestock officials say should be adopted nationwide to track disease outbreaks.