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Michigan may adopt grey wolf hunting season if federal protections are lifted

By Capital News Service | 21 hours ago

By Alexander Boesch

President Trump has ordered the U.S. Department of the Interior to consider removing the grey wolf from the federal Endangered Species List. If that happens, some Republican state lawmakers want Michigan to authorize a hunting and trapping season.

Minnesota’s golden shiner shortage is pushing the bait industry toward fish farming

Fish in a net

By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira

Minnesota anglers are facing a shortage of one of the state’s most popular baitfish, and fish farmers are looking for ways to fill the gap.

Small Detroit parks may offer surprisingly strong cooling, new study finds

Trees in a park

By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva 

Parks can help Detroit residents beat the summer heat, but not everyone has equal access to them. That is the finding of a new study out of Michigan State University which examined 249 urban parks in Detroit. The goal of the study was to measure how much the parks helped mitigate the impacts of heat and whether nearby residents could easily walk to them, according to the study. 

What they found: Even small parks can provide meaningful cooling, but the cooling benefits are not evenly distributed across Detroit.

Man charged with discharging sewage into Lake Michigan, impersonating a federal officer

Lighthouse with sunset in the background

By Eric Freedman
A Michigan man faces trial later this fall on charges of illegally discharging sewage into Lake Michigan, illegally using Coast Guard insignia and impersonating a federal officer.

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Climate

  • Purple lightning
    Ohio weather is full of surprises. Climate change isn’t

    By Elizabeth McGowan Across the Midwest, precipitation is increasing and falling in heavier bursts, a trend scientists link to a warming atmosphere that can hold more moisture.

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Wildlife

  • A baby wolf
    Most of Minnesota’s gray wolf pups don’t survive first year, but population remains stable

    By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva Only about 30 percent of gray wolf pups survive their first year of life even though the wolf population in the region remains stable, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota.

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Energy

  • Landscape photo of power plant
    Michigan AG challenges the US Department of Energy again over coal plant’s forced operation

    By Anna Barnes Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel plans to file another request for rehearing with the U.S. Department of Energy over a coal-fired power plant near Lake Michigan operated by Consumers Energy.

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Nearshore

  • A black and white photo of pilots posing in front of a WWII-era plane.
    Tuskegee wreckage found in the Great Lakes provides a unique opportunity to uncover untold stories

    By Joshua Kim. Wreckage of aircraft recovered from Lake Huron and the St Clair River is uncovering untold stories of the Tuskegee Airmen, predominantly African-American fighter and bomber pilots and crew who fought in World War II.

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Waste

  • A portrait of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker
    Illinois governor signs landmark plastic pollution bill

    By Julia Roeder  Illinois becomes first Great Lakes state to classify plastic pellets as a pollutant.

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Recreation

  • A forest
    Conservancy group plans new public trail in Ionia Natural Area

    By Demonte Thomas  The Mid-Michigan Land Conservancy will make its Ionia Natural Area Trail available to the public in October.

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Solutions

  • Tubes with different shades of green liquid
    Researchers working to increase algae growth for use in products

    By Anna Barnes Researchers at Michigan State University say they've developed a way to more evenly distribute sunlight in algae cultivation systems, which leads to more algae growth that can be used for sustainable products.

Agriculture

  • A researcher gently restrains a fluffy white kestrel chick in one hand and measures a wing with calipers.
    Kestrels help farmers protect crops and improve food safety, study finds

    By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva Pest birds are a nuisance for cherry orchards. A recent study found a possible solution: attracting kestrels to nest nearby.

Water

  • Dozens of carp leaping out of the water while
    Invasive carp get closer to Lake Michigan as project to halt their spread is ordered to stop

    By Anna Barnes Invasive carp are spawning closer to Lake Michigan, but the federal government halted a construction project aimed to stop the fish from spreading without explanation.

Cities & Suburbs

  • Sunshine peeking through tree leaves
    Project uses community input to guide tree planting in disadvantaged areas

    By Demonte Thomas Shade, cooler temperatures and improved air quality are among the reasons Lansing, Michigan's “Restoring Roots” project is targeting disadvantaged neighborhoods that have historically had less tree cover and greater exposure to heat.

About Great Lakes Echo

Environmental news of the Great Lakes region from the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University.

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