Recreation
Drones are everywhere – here’s why
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Drones are increasingly a part of the environment as people increasingly find ways to use them for commercial and other applications. Government officials struggle with how to regulate them.
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Climate
Drones could predict region’s lake effect snow
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But federal regulations keep a Great Lakes weather fleet grounded.
Recreation
Bill that bans drone hunting likely to pass in November
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LANSING — Bills that would prohibit people from using drones to shoot wildlife and harass legal hunters likely won’t be taken up until November. But little opposition has arisen and proponents expect them to pass. Two Michigan senators on the Natural Resources, Environment and Great Lakes Committee sponsored the bills — SBs 926 & 927 — which the Senate approved 38-0 on Sept. 24. The bills, sponsored by Sens.
Air
Upending the basin: Can Fotokite ease drone drama for journalists?
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Tether increases control, accountability, reliability of flying devices that can provide a unique perspective on environmental problems
Air
State, university officials and entrepreneurs waiting for drone industry take-off
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The status of using what are also called Unmanned Aerial Vehicles — UAVs -commercially is in a holding pattern after a federal judge ruled last month that the Federal Aviation Administration had no authority to issue a $10,000 fine against a Virginia drone pilot.
That set off celebrations in the drone community that were short-lived.
Air
Drone pilot wants to livestream video to firefighters
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As firefighters and several fire trucks work to put out the flames, that’s when Harry C. Arnold launches his drone and flies towards the big cloud of grey smoke.
Air
Lincoln lacked drones that give new view of old battles
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Filmmakers like the unmanned aerial vehicles for providing an informative vantage point.
But Civil War reenactors say that they detract from the authenticity of their efforts.
Air
Upending the basin: drone count
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You’ve heard of the annual Audubon bird count. Now you can take part in a drone count. Not the bees – the unmanned aircraft. Here at Great Lakes Echo we’ve been running a series of stories about the use and potential of unmanned aerial vehicles. If nothing else, we’ve discovered that no one seems to have a clue of how many of these things are out there.
Air
Researchers determine turf health with drones
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Michigan State University officials hope to collaborate with a landscape services company to use unmanned aerial vehicles to determine turf health.
Air
Echo newsroom adds fleet of planes, drones and satellites
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Seeking the high ground: Two new Echo features and another longstanding one produce a different sort of environmental journalism.