Wildlife
Researchers need help transcribing 100-year-old fish records
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Michigan researchers are asking for volunteers to transcribe paper fish observation records that date back more than a century.
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Mentors to teach conservation farming to beginners, veterans, socially disadvantaged
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A Land Ethic Mentorship program run by the Wisconsin-based agriculture nonprofit organization, Sand County Foundation, will help poor, beginner or socially disadvantaged farmers across the nation practice conservation.
Agriculture
Rising fuel prices might cause Southern horses to vote ‘neigh’ on Michigan hay
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Michigan-grown hay is traveling south to feed horses in Florida.
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‘We now have a seat at the table:’ Michigan tribes embrace new Interior secretary
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With the recent confirmation of Deb Haaland to lead the Department of the Interior, the nation has its first Native American cabinet member.
Transportation
Michigan offers funds for alternative energy vehicles
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Michigan is spending $30 million to help public companies and private businesses buy low emission freight trucks, buses, tugboats and cargo handling equipment.
Agriculture
Technology extends salad bowl to Midwest
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LED lights allow you to pick the spectrums of the sun that are most useful for plants.
Birds
Diet may solve mysterious decline of Great Lakes shorebirds
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Scientists are looking at the diet of bank swallows to understand what is causing their population decline.
Water
Rapids return means fish returns
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Restoring one of the rapids on the St. Marys River is helping diverse fish species recover in the river that connects lakes Superior and Huron, according to a recent study.
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Entomology researcher explains the dangers of murder hornets
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Accurate information about murder hornets must be provided to the public to limit their spread and protect native bee populations, an entomology researcher told the Michigan Beekeepers Association.
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Red-fleshed apples could keep Michigan cider makers in the black
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The Michigan Craft Beverage Council recently awarded $34,644 to study how to produce new varieties of apples for cider making.