bees
Inside the beekeeping boom
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Plenty of people have heard about the plight of the honeybee, as colonies have been disappearing for more than a decade. Across the country, people are getting into recreational beekeeping to do something about it.
Fish
Pisces porn: Could the sounds of spawning lure lake trout?
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Researchers have discovered that the fish make noise on spawning beds, a finding that could lead to better monitoring and perhaps help boost their numbers.
Birds
New York farmer nailed for poisoning raptors
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He was charged with lacing sheep carcasses with poison that killed scavenging eagles and hawks.
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Building virtual waterworks with this game could lead to improving the real thing
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Players build water systems while challenged by pollution, runaway growth, drought and mismanagement. Designers hope to will improve understanding of and support for a system largely out of sight and taken for granted.
Nearshore
Life’s a beach – two of them on the Great Lakes
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NASA checks out the nation’s beaches from space.
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Connecting blighted Great Lakes cities to boost economy
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Great Lakes cities could benefit from domicology.
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Once a hub for building cities, Muskegon could become one for taking them apart
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Local officials investigate city’s potential as the center of a deconstruction industry. It’s deep water port could play a role.
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Recycling your home: Can structural wood be reused for the same purpose?
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The average abandoned home in Michigan contains about enough lumber to fill two school buses.
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Reclaim Detroit finds treasure in blighted homes
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Detroit hosts 75 percent of all vacant houses in Michigan. Each of more than 183,000 vacant homes holds treasures to be reclaimed.