environmental politics
Michigan mine risks Wisconsin tribe’s hallowed sites
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Modern boundaries complicate –and stymie–the Menominee Tribe’s effort to protect burial grounds.
Agriculture
Rescued food feeds the poor in Michigan
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Unattractive fruits and vegetables often needlessly go to waste. That won’t be the case for 40,000 pounds of Traverse City cherries.
Commentary
Growing food, jobs, jam and community on an urban farm
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Opportunities and challenges confronted on a Detroit farm.
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High school students become environmental filmmakers and scientists
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They investigate vernal pool ecology with the help of the Michigan Natural Features Inventory and report the process with a grant from Michigan State University’s Knight Center for Environmental Journalism.
Agriculture
Craft beer fuels Michigan hop binge
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State now ranks fourth in producing important beer ingredient.
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Park wars: The force is with public trust in Chicago lakefront fight
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City’s mayor joins George Lucas on public policy’s dark side.
Forests
Hope for ash
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The emerald ash borer has killed big trees and plenty of them. And while forests are unlikely to recover those numbers, experts say that when big trees die, insect numbers drop. That gives at least a chance of survival for new seedlings in pure stands of ash where other trees cannot take over.
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Anthology editor discusses art of being “Happy Anyway” in Flint
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It’s easy to write off Flint, Michigan, as a tragic city. But to do so simplifies its complexities and ignores its residents’ unique, hard-earned happiness.
city
Casting a Flinty look
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New anthology shows Flint as more than bad water and explores how place shapes the stories of our lives.
fracking
Wisconsin court rejects sand mining proposal
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Court said it was OK for county to reject permit to mine sand used in fracking despite state approval.