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Bird sounds signal Great Lakes forest health
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Wisconsin researchers say measuring forest health is a task for the birds.
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Seeking balance? Ask a plant
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Mary Siisip Geniusz revives native Anishinaabe-Ojibwe plant knowledge with cultural and culinary anecdotes in her new book.
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A Driftless paddle across natural history and restoration
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Canoeist’s trip through the Driftless Area of Minnesota and Wisconsin reveals ecological damage and repair among forested hills, bedrock outcrops, bluffs of caves, sinkholes, springs and disappearing streams of effigy mounds.
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Michigan’s ‘Pine King’
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Author Mike Nagel chronicles the business and philanthropic acumen of Michigan’s ‘Pine King’ in his new book.
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Pothole prevention: smart roads signal repair needs
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New sensors embedded in concrete or asphalt generate their own power and can tell engineers when road quality deteriorates.
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Little prairie in the city: urban nature center restores grasslands
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Current State tours Fenner Nature Center’s recent restoration of 19 acres of prairie land right in the middle of Lansing.
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Are robot cars good for the environment?
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Experts say that could go either way and depends on who wins the transportation policy debate.
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Book explores mining, logging company towns of the Upper Peninsula
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Working conditions were arduous in many communities that no longer merit recognition by mapmakers.
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Mr. Great Lakes on Michigan lighthouse sale, conservation and community solar
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Mr. Great Lakes covers lighthouses, conserved land and a new community solar program.
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American elm reintroduction to restore polluted streams
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U.S. Forest Service researchers are calling on the once-abundant American elm to improve soil and water quality along New York’s Finger Lakes streams.