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Land

This category encompasses land-based issues. It is further segregated with tags into such issues as farm, urban redevelopment or decay, forest, mining.

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Agriculture

Two new plants needed to process $1.6 billion in Michigan milk

By Kaley Fech | November 9, 2018

Michigan farmers, now among the top dairy producers in the nation, are suffering from the state’s lack of capacity to process milk. New plants are in the works for Greenville and St. Johns. We talk to a Westphalia farmer, Michigan Milk Producers, Farm Bureau and Department of Agriculture & Rural Development

Art

Longtime conservationist follows Whitman’s recipe for successful life

By Kaley Fech | October 24, 2018

“The secret of making the best person is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.”

Farming

Ancient crop gets high tech boost

By Quinn Zimmerman | October 22, 2018

Drones help native Americans monitor wild rice.

conservation

Land conservancies protect natural areas across Michigan

By Nick Kipper | October 18, 2018

The 26 land conservancies spread out in every region of the state protect natural land from development and give residents an escape into nature.

Land

Amateur rockhound eyes yooperlite career potential

By Whitney McDonald | October 15, 2018

Michigan native Erik Rintamaki discovered a glowing rock on the shores of Lake Superior – and a new career path.

Capital News Service

Use app to be on the lookout for invaders threatening Michigan

By Kaley Fech | September 28, 2018

How do you know if what you’re looking at is an invasive species? There’s an app for that.

archaeology

Sweet historical discoveries at maple sugaring camps

By Eric Freedman | July 20, 2018

Archaeological excavations at four sites in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are shedding new light on historic maple sugaring operations and the people – mostly Native Americans and French-Canadians – who ran them.

Agriculture

Michigan cherry growers worry about rising imports

By Kaley Fech | May 7, 2018

Michigan is the country’s top producer of tart cherries but the industry is slammed by a sharp increase in lower-cost imports.

Capital News Service

Michigan zoos hoping to breed large animals again

By Crystal Chen | May 3, 2018

Lions and tigers and bears, oh regulate! A Lowell lawmaker wants the state to regulate the breeding of large carnivores by zoos in Michigan, saying it would promote animal safety, health and conservation.

Capital News Service

Pothole claims? Fuhgeddaboutit

By Maxwell Evans | May 2, 2018

Did a pothole just eat your tire and rim? Want compensation? Fuhgeddaboutit. Like the state, counties rarely reimburse motorists for pothole damage to their vehicles.

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Environmental news of the Great Lakes region from the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University.

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