food
Eating healthy on vacation? Michigan state parks don’t provide many options
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A 2014 survey discovered that 19 Michigan state parks provided almost no healthy food options to visitors.
Catch of the Day
Lunch shaming pushes senator to reintroduce bill
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The bill would prohibit schools from stigmatizing students who owe lunch money or lack enough to buy a school meal.
Echo
Visitors contribute to Great Lakes art exhibit with Instagram
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The Detroit Institute of Arts is displaying photographer Jeff Gaydash’s work alongside Instagram submissions of the Great Lakes from the public in the Michigan Great Lakes exhibit.
Fish
Michigan fish-sorter has global implications
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A $20 million test facility used to find how to keep undesirable fish from moving upstream without using a dam is coming to Michigan’s Boardman River.
Homepage Featured
Companies say bye to polystyrene foam
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The second of two stories exploring the effects of polystyrene on the environment, organizations fighting to ban it and companies adapting environment-friendly alternatives.
Homepage Featured
Polystyrene products threaten the environment, organizations fight back
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The first of two stories exploring the effects of polystyrene on the environment, organizations fighting to ban it and companies adapting environment-friendly alternatives.
bees
Seeking the building blocks of pollinator conservation
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Great Lakes researchers are seeking fundamental knowledge about pollinators like bumble bees and butterflies, hoping to reverse their decline.
Recreation
Lanterns light winter nights at this Michigan state park
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Hartwick Pines State Park has new winter programming that promises to show the park’s old growth forest in a new light.
Air
Michigan, Minnesota among first states to get children’s health report card
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Cancer, autism, asthma and attention deficit disorder afflict Michigan children at a greater rate than the nationwide average, according to a recent report.
Art
Author plunges into Au Sable fly fishing and murder
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The latest book in the Burr Lafayette Mystery series, “The Gray Drake” follows the protagonist as he delves deep into the world of fly fishing on Michigan’s Au Sable River.