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Waters rise, gas prices drop and boats boom in summer 2016

By Bridget Bush | September 26, 2016

It was a good summer for boating on the Great Lakes.

Capital News Service

Bill would exterminate breed discrimination

By Alexander Smith | September 23, 2016

Some Michigan cities and towns outlaw breeds perceived to be aggressive. A proposed bill seeks to end that.

Agriculture

Rescued food feeds the poor in Michigan

By Karen Hopper Usher | September 20, 2016

Unattractive fruits and vegetables often needlessly go to waste. That won’t be the case for 40,000 pounds of Traverse City cherries.

Land

Forestry program for private owners pleases environmentalists, forest product producers; participants triple

By Capital News Service and David Poulson | May 18, 2016

Both forest products producers and environmentalists agree the state program is a success.

Waste

New proposal would add deposit to water bottles

By Capital News Service | May 9, 2016

The proposal aims to expand the 40-year-old beverage deposit law to include noncarbonated drinks, with the exceptions of dairy and dairy substitute products.

Catch of the Day

Michigan producers get free export market analysis

By Capital News Service | May 5, 2016

Reports are available for produce, dairy and alcoholic beverages, among others categories.

Land

Temporary seasonal workers face language, legal issues

By Joshua Bender | May 4, 2016

The increased number of foreign seasonal farm workers in Michigan means increased challenges for the workers, legally and economically.

Recreation

Looking for morels? Find a burn site

By Capital News Service | May 3, 2016

Since morel mushrooms are usually found in former burn sites, the Michigan DNR created an online map of the state’s 2015 wildfires and prescribed burns to help hunters find the fungi easier.

Wildlife

Michigan DNR steps up chronic wasting monitoring

By Capital News Service | April 29, 2016

The agency is increasing efforts to monitor deer for a fatal disease that interferes with their digestive abilities of deer, causing them to waste away.

Air

Environmentalists frustrated with perceived lack of plans for carbon emissions reductions

By Joshua Bender | April 12, 2016

The state has delayed plans to regulate carbon emissions from coal plants.

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About Great Lakes Echo

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

  • How seeds from the past are saving a unique flower of the Great Lakes

    By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva More than 30 years ago, a group of scientists planted just 4,200 seeds of the rare Pitcher’s thistle in the sandy dunes of the Great Lakes. At the time, no one knew if the new populations would survive. Today, three decades later, the restored populations are thriving and spreading.

  • Henderson holding a swan
    From otters to butterflies: How Minnesota became a pioneer in nongame wildlife conservation

    By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva In the late 1970s, when most wildlife conservation programs in the United States focused almost exclusively on game species, a quiet but historic shift began in Minnesota. It was here that one of the nation’s first state programs dedicated to protecting so-called nongame wildlife emerged from butterflies and bats to bald eagles and river otters. That story is now told in detail by Carrol Henderson in his new book, “A National Legacy: Fifty Years of Nongame Wildlife Conservation in Minnesota."

  • Michigan’s water infrastructure sees improvements, work still needs to be done

    By Clara Lincolnhol The U.S. would need to invest nearly $3.4 trillion over the next 20 years to fix and update drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, says researchers from The Value of Water Campaign. Much of that infrastructure was built 40 to 50 years ago and shows its age. Michigan’s is no exception. The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the state a D+ for its drinking water infrastructure, a D in storm water management and a C for its wastewater infrastructure. Funding is a major problem. Proposed data centers would put more stress on the infrastructure.

  • Mussels in a green net.
    Endangered spectaclecase mussels reintroduced into the Chippewa River

    By Ada Tussing To combat the population loss of spectaclecase mussels, researchers with both the Minnesota and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released over 177 mussels into the Chippewa River in Northwest Wisconsin.

  • Michigan allocates $77 million to clean thousands of contaminated sites

    By Clara Lincolnhol Michigan is pouring $77 million into clean-up of contaminated abandoned real estate such as former factories. The director of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy says the goal is to make the cleaned-up sites safe for housing, commercial developments and other uses.

  • Winter makes curved roads dangerous; researchers seek solutions

    By Eric Freedman Flashing light on warning signs near curves can slow drivers and reduce the odds of a crash during winter weather conditions, says a new study by Michigan State University engineers.

  • The cover of “Dead Moose on Isle Royale: Off Trail with the Citizen Scientists of the Wolf-Moose Project." The cover is moose antlers on the ground.
    Great Lakes books for your holiday gift list 

    By Eric Freedman   Looking for a holiday gift for a reader who loves the Great Lakes? Here are five prospects to consider – and what our reporters learned from interviewing their authors this year.

  • A side-by-side of the historic Portage Canal and modern Portage Canal from an aerial view.
    Restoration of historical site improves quality of life for Portage, Wisconsin residents

    By Joshua Kim Following the completion of segments 1 and 2 of the Portage Canal, local residents and visitors can use the historic site and its amenities following years of disrepair.

  • What herring gulls tell us about plastic pollution

    By Victoria Witke Christina Petalas, a doctoral student McGill University, studies herring gulls to learn about plastic pollution near the St. Lawrence River. Across two studies, she found plastic additives in every bird sampled, which could have human health consequences.

  • Scientists update geological map of northern Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula 

    By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva The U.S. Geological Survey has began large-scale low-level airplane flights over Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin to obtain high-resolution data on subsurface mineral structures and bedrock composition. The data will be used to create two- and three-dimensional maps to better understand the geological structure at depths of about 10,000 feet.

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