Commentary
Commentary: Mourning roadkill
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Michigan is number eight in a national ranking by the State Farm insurance company of where drivers are most likely to collide with an animal.
Catch of the Day
Michigan offers $1 million to improve wildlife habitat
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Reinstatement of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Habitat Grant Program could provide significant funding for many habitat projects this year, the department said.
endangered species
Congress considers once-in-a-generation bill for conservation
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Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would provide states, territories and tribes with $1.4 billion annually to protect important species and their associated habitats.
Waste
Algae may vacuum microplastics, but also indicates greater health threat
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A type of algae that a recent study found collects microfibers brings up questions about microplastic pollution impacts and how it could affect human health.
Homepage Featured
Great Lakes National Parks see record visitors in 2020
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As pandemic restrictions pushed people outdoors in 2020, visitors sought refuge in the National Parks System.
Echo
Forget freighter ballast, these mussels got here on moss balls
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The new hitchhikers in the Great Lakes region aren’t stopping drivers with a thumbs up. They’re riding moss balls across the ocean.
Air
Chronic health problems linked to pollution fuels environmental justice movement
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Serious health problems like increasing asthma rates among children in Detroit’s Black and Hispanic communities have been linked to what local organizations call environmental injustices as a result of low air quality and polluted neighborhoods.
Contaminants
Tsunamis caused by air pressure could resuspend Great Lakes contaminants
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Meteotsunamis also threaten the ecosystem by increasing erosion and releasing contaminants within sediments.
Echo
Blue spruce fungus hits Christmas tree, landscape tree growers
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Disease and a newly identified fungus have been killing Michigan’s blue spruce population for roughly a decade, and the dangers show no signs of slowing.
Echo
How archeologists excavate Great Lakes wrecks
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A World War Two fighter plane that was lost in a training accident in the 1940s will be recovered and displayed, according to Wayne Lusardi, a state maritime archaeologist at Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, an underwater preserve in Lake Huron.