endangered plants
Native prairie restoration fights invasive species and helps the endangered ones
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Even prairie remnants as small as potted plants on an apartment balcony can help butterflies migrate.
Capital News Service
Lead poisoning is statewide, help is not
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Federal authorities offer a handful of grants each year to provide lead abatement services, but because the competition is so fierce, they go to bigger metropolitan areas. Rural communities are left to fend for themselves to address lead problems that cause a myriad of serious health effects.
Land
Clearing the path for new forests
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The Great Lakes region is involved in a national effort to clear trees to allow for new growth. The reforesting effort is key to maintaining wildlife and healthy forests.
Land
Remote sensing technology improves small scale archaeology
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Archaeologists in Michigan unlock new finds and expand search capabilities with remote sensing technology.
Contaminants
Flint lead crisis triggers federal funds for abatement across Michigan
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But a shortage of certified contractors make it difficult to get underway mitigation of the hazardous element found in old homes.
Homepage Featured
Chicago fights blight with online sales of $1 lots
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Studies show environmental motives, increased property values are behind most purchases.
environmental politics
One tribe’s ‘long walk’ upstream for environmental and cultural justice
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An installment in Environmental Health News’s “Sacred Water” series.
Land
Ohio forest expansion could help rattler and other endangered species
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Corridor purchase will connect state’s largest privately-owned protected forest with a 64,000-acre state forest.
Homepage Featured
Earthworks hold key to how early Michiganians interacted with environment
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Researchers combining modern modeling with archival study race for clues to the state’s past before development obscures them.
environmental politics
River fight boosts a tribe’s long-threatened culture
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The Menominee Tribe, fighting a losing battle with regulators over a mine near their namesake river, has emerged with a stronger, vibrant voice.