Land
Ohio forest expansion could help rattler and other endangered species
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Corridor purchase will connect state’s largest privately-owned protected forest with a 64,000-acre state forest.
Agriculture
New crop could raise income, produce biofuel, limit climate change, save soil
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Once dismissed as a nuisance weed, pennycress could extend growing season with a spring harvest of biodiesel fuel.
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Earthworks hold key to how early Michiganians interacted with environment
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Researchers combining modern modeling with archival study race for clues to the state’s past before development obscures them.
Catch of the Day
Northern Michigan pioneers effort to reduce food waste
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New reporting requirements help identify star recyclers.
deer
Killing deer helps protect rest of herd from wasting disease
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Easing back on disease control efforts risks even more deaths from a disease that turns deer into neurological zombies, wildlife officials say.
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Michigan lawmakers consider ban on local efforts to tax plastic bags
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Local officials say they need funds for special processing equipment for waste that otherwise degrades recycled products and causes expensive disposal problems.
Supporters of the ban say a statewide law is needed to avoid patchwork regulation that hinders businesses with multiple locations.
Art
Great Lakes writer tackles tale of survival 50 years after Lake Huron shipwreck
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Sailor survives shipwreck, November storm and lifelong guilt.
Water
A “lab-in-a-can” could pioneer protection network for Great Lakes water
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The instrument samples and analyzes water and sends the results to water monitors, making it easier to take multiple measurements that may warn of the presence of harmful chemicals.
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Student journalists report on Michigan’s Watershed Academy
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They learn of water monitoring protocols used worldwide while documenting the efforts of Michigan’s Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council and the Huron Pines Americorp.
Energy
Wisconsin utility accused of manipulating records to recoup Michigan coal plant costs
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An administrative law judge ruled that the subsidiary of Milwaukee-based WEC Energy Group was compensated nearly nine times more than the costs it actually incurred to maintain the Presque Isle plant.