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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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Defining domicology: Study of practices and consequences of abandoning buildings

By Darien Velasquez | July 10, 2017

What’s in a name? For domicologists it signifies dawning awareness of a wasteful culture–and an emerging industry.

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Vote for your favorite natural feature in the Great Lakes region

By Carin Tunney | July 6, 2017

What’s the best Great Lakes destination for natural beauty? It’s time for our readers to decide.

Land

The Green Room: The cultural colors of green burial

By Barbara Lucas & David Fair | June 21, 2017

Some environmentalists prefer natural burials for their lower impact on the environment, but they aren’t the only ones who choose this option.

Catch of the Day

Next step in Boardman removal begins

By Max Johnston | June 20, 2017

Removal of the Boardman Dam begins Thursday.

Land

Big cities struggling to connect with Great Lakes

By Matt Richmond | May 23, 2017

Cities like Cleveland want to take advantage of their proximity to Great Lakes lakeshore, but development obstacles stand in the way.

Agriculture

It’s not about the money: Farmers uninterested in renting land for bioenergy crops

By Jack Nissen | April 27, 2017

A recent survey showed few farmers were interested in a hypothetical offer to rent land bioenergy crops, even at asking prices far exceeding the typical rental rate of one acre.

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Michigan DNR program helps urban youths better their future

By Laura Bohannon | April 26, 2017

The DNR hopes the program will give kids from urban areas who aren’t typically exposed to outdoor recreation such as hiking, camping and fishing the chance to experience those options, develop new hobbies and explore career opportunities.

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Seed-stealing insects hinder prairie restoration

By Liam Tiernan | April 24, 2017

The finding may lead to better conservation of a largely unprotected ecosystem and one that can help mitigate climate change by capturing carbon.

Arcadia

Saving Arcadia tells hopeful story of conservation success

By Ian Wendrow | April 21, 2017

Author Heather Shumaker recounts the multi-generational tale of how grassroots conservation activists successfully saved Michigan’s iconic Arcadia Dunes along the Lake Michigan coastline.

Land

Watch your lawn fertilizer — to protect the Great Lakes

By Angelica Morrison | April 20, 2017

There’s plenty the average gardener can do to limit phosphorus loading in the Great Lakes.

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

  • Michigan’s water infrastructure sees improvements, work still needs to be done

    By Clara Lincolnhol The U.S. would need to invest nearly $3.4 trillion over the next 20 years to fix and update drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, says researchers from The Value of Water Campaign. Much of that infrastructure was built 40 to 50 years ago and shows its age. Michigan’s is no exception. The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the state a D+ for its drinking water infrastructure, a D in storm water management and a C for its wastewater infrastructure. Funding is a major problem. Proposed data centers would put more stress on the infrastructure.

  • Mussels in a green net.
    Endangered spectaclecase mussels reintroduced into the Chippewa River

    By Ada Tussing To combat the population loss of spectaclecase mussels, researchers with both the Minnesota and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released over 177 mussels into the Chippewa River in Northwest Wisconsin.

  • Michigan allocates $77 million to clean thousands of contaminated sites

    By Clara Lincolnhol Michigan is pouring $77 million into clean-up of contaminated abandoned real estate such as former factories. The director of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy says the goal is to make the cleaned-up sites safe for housing, commercial developments and other uses.

  • Winter makes curved roads dangerous; researchers seek solutions

    By Eric Freedman Flashing light on warning signs near curves can slow drivers and reduce the odds of a crash during winter weather conditions, says a new study by Michigan State University engineers.

  • The cover of “Dead Moose on Isle Royale: Off Trail with the Citizen Scientists of the Wolf-Moose Project." The cover is moose antlers on the ground.
    Great Lakes books for your holiday gift list 

    By Eric Freedman   Looking for a holiday gift for a reader who loves the Great Lakes? Here are five prospects to consider – and what our reporters learned from interviewing their authors this year.

  • A side-by-side of the historic Portage Canal and modern Portage Canal from an aerial view.
    Restoration of historical site improves quality of life for Portage, Wisconsin residents

    By Joshua Kim Following the completion of segments 1 and 2 of the Portage Canal, local residents and visitors can use the historic site and its amenities following years of disrepair.

  • What herring gulls tell us about plastic pollution

    By Victoria Witke Christina Petalas, a doctoral student McGill University, studies herring gulls to learn about plastic pollution near the St. Lawrence River. Across two studies, she found plastic additives in every bird sampled, which could have human health consequences.

  • Scientists update geological map of northern Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula 

    By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva The U.S. Geological Survey has began large-scale low-level airplane flights over Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin to obtain high-resolution data on subsurface mineral structures and bedrock composition. The data will be used to create two- and three-dimensional maps to better understand the geological structure at depths of about 10,000 feet.

  • ‘Refusal is insisting on your own terms’: Indigenous activism in the Midwest

    By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira “Indigenous Activism in the Midwest: Refusal, Resurgence and Resisting Settler Colonialism” explores how Dakota and Anishinaabe communities in Minnesota continue their relationships to the land and challenge dominant settler narratives about ownership, belonging and identity.

  • Cannabis workers are developing job-related asthma and some have died, study says

    By Clara Lincolnhol New research says workers picking, grinding and packaging cannabis are developing workplace-related asthma, and two deaths have occurred so far.

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