Recreation
Appeals court says Michigan canoeist can’t sue to sample shore
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The Court of Appeals ruled that a nonprofit organization had the right to deny a canoeist access to the Grand River river shore to test for contamination.
Wildlife
U.P. study shows long-term impact of beaver ‘engineering’
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A study shows consistency in beaver pond placement over the last 150 years, despite land use changes that altered beaver habitats in Michigan’s U.P.
Water
U.P. water study boosts conservation efforts
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Research at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore sheds light on the critical environmental role that shallow seasonal pools of water play in supporting wildlife.
Land
Criminal probes of Southwest Michigan farm fraud continue
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A Southwest Michigan farmer was sentenced to prison after cheating the federal government out of almost $525,000 through fraudulent crop insurance claims and misuse of marketing assistance loans.
Land
Retailers lose suit against Marathon Petroleum
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When the refinery bought neighboring homes to expand crude oil capacity, residents left and retailers lost them as customers, the suit claimed. They weren’t offered the same buyouts as the residents.
Land
A Driftless paddle across natural history and restoration
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Canoeist’s trip through the Driftless Area of Minnesota and Wisconsin reveals ecological damage and repair among forested hills, bedrock outcrops, bluffs of caves, sinkholes, springs and disappearing streams of effigy mounds.
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The dune is moving! The dune is moving!
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Climate change among the factors implicated in the shifting sands of Lake Michigan’s Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
Land
Book explores mining, logging company towns of the Upper Peninsula
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Working conditions were arduous in many communities that no longer merit recognition by mapmakers.
Air
Insurers not liable in Minnesota farm pollution case
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Health officials had strongly recommended neighbors evacuate their homes due to the extreme odors and emissions from the farm.