Great Lakes Echo (https://greatlakesecho.org/category/land/page/11/)
This category encompasses land-based issues. It is further segregated with tags into such issues as farm, urban redevelopment or decay, forest, mining.
The director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development bemoans a lack of science in public decision making, including what she calls unwarranted opposition to genetically modified foods, a consumer push for cage-free eggs and skepticism about new ag technologies.
Michigan’s wine industry continues to grow with number of approved wineries rising from 55 to 138 in the past 10 years, including new ones in Charlevoix, Onsted, Hastings, Baroda and Metro Detroit. An inadequate supply of Michigan-grown grapes, rather than possible oversaturation of the market, might be the major concern for the industry.
A family bought a house in April 2014. In September 2015, their child was diagnosed with lead poisoning.
Survey is part of attempt to build a dune support community.
Steel and concrete would be the classic choices for building a large new laboratory planned at Michigan State University. But experts in the university’s forestry department are asking, “Why not wood?”
New edition of 1926 book throws light on lumberjack life, loves and losses collected by an English professor while mostly hiking from Charlevoix, Michigan, to North Dakota.
An experiment allowing Michigan drivers for the first time to legally drive on a highway shoulder could lead to similar efforts across the state.
Trees’ leafy canopies work like an umbrella over the pavement, keeping rainwater from flowing across the ground and into larger bodies of water.
Scenes from Hearts Content in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny National Forest.
Pollutants like agricultural runoff can be a boon to invasive species.