Recreation
State and local partners plan statewide trail
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The Iron Belle trail is a proposed 1,200-mile pathway starting in Detroit and ending in the western Upper Peninsula.
Recreation
Drones are everywhere – here’s why
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Drones are increasingly a part of the environment as people increasingly find ways to use them for commercial and other applications. Government officials struggle with how to regulate them.
Water
Great Lakes state gets worst grade for water policy
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Michigan ranked the lowest among Great Lakes scores on its most recent scorecard from the Alliance for Water Efficiency. It received a mere 3 points out of the possible 40 for water efficiency and policy.
Land
Detroit River cleanup brightens gateway to Michigan
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Cleaning up Detroit and its river could be a key way to re-create and revitalize Michigan as a state, state officials say.
Energy
The Detroit Zoo’s million dollar manure
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Zoo officials are proposing an anaerobic biodigester to turn animal waste into a bio gas that produces electricity.
Climate
Counties seek state plow hand-me-downs to battle winter weather
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An Upper Peninsula lawmaker is reintroducing a bill to give counties an opportunity to get first bid on affordable plows that the Michigan Department of Transportation auctions.
Nearshore
Cannons from Chicken Bone Reef help solve Great Lakes mysteries
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Research on six 19th-century British canons recovered from the Detroit River is giving new information about colonial-era militarization of the Great Lakes region.
Recreation
Bill would take some bang out of Michigan fireworks
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Rep. Martin Howrylak has introduced a bill that would give local governments more control over when fireworks can be used after receiving complaints from his constituents.
Land
Mass transportation could move state beyond “Band-aid” fixes
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The Michigan Land Use Institute is exploring the possibility of creating new passenger train service between Ann Arbor and Traverse City, as a way to take some cars off the roads.
Land
Michigan’s forests underused, experts say
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Michigan could expand forest use beyond harvested timber to products such as syrup, furniture and ethanol.