Great Lakes Echo (https://greatlakesecho.org/category/land/page/31/)
This category encompasses land-based issues. It is further segregated with tags into such issues as farm, urban redevelopment or decay, forest, mining.
The Sierra Club would like the Trap Hills part of the U.P.’s Ottawa National Forest to be added as a wildernss area, but public land agencies say they have no plans for major changes in Michigan.
Logging and wood product companies are searching for skilled employees with many experienced foresters and other Northern Michigan workers retiring.
Ohio scientists say they’ve found evidence that the insect has made its way to a new host: the white fringetree.
Scientists recently identified the top ways to boost awareness of global conservation with satellites and drones.
Photographer inspired by rural heritage to capture images of vanishing structures.
In March, the U.S. EPA issued a new rule clarifying its jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. Environmentalists praise it as a way to close loopholes for water polluters, but farm bureaus across the country say it goes too far and could hurt the agricultural industry.
In the Huron-Manastee National Forest, crews responded to 81 wildfires, down from the annual average of 150.
Snowfi, a new app designed by software engineers from Grand Rapids, would give drivers up to the second information updates on snow removal conditions.
Some of these cavernous quarters, once anchors of downtown business districts, are being renovated, divided up and in some cases torn down to make way for prospective buyers in the education and health fields.
Winter stress and a cold spring delayed leaf-out for many trees. Heavy precipitation also contributed to color delays.