Energy
For small Michigan companies, a welcome assist on energy efficiency
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Retired engineers travel across the state to audit small manufacturers’ energy use.
Land
Forestry program for private owners pleases environmentalists, forest product producers; participants triple
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Both forest products producers and environmentalists agree the state program is a success.
Climate
Researchers get fresh Great Lakes data from aboard Beaver Island ferry
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The effort helps meet the challenge of collecting data on a complex lake with ever-changing physical conditions.
Fish
The fate of a half-century sport fishing tradition
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Fifty years after the Great Lakes salmon introduction, dwindling populations reveal a cautionary lesson in single-species management.
Diversion
Minnesota delay imperils “getting Waukesha right”
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Request undermines impressive progress toward badly needed water stewardship win.
Art
Living, learning and loving: Runners circumnavigate Lake Superior
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The trio hope to raise money for community groups and study the effects of microplastics in Lake Superior during the 1,300 mile journey.
Podcasts
Farmer invents air conditioner powered cold storage units
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This farm hack saves small farmers thousands of dollars on cold storage equipment.
Art
Shopping and cooking guide links past and present of Detroit’s Eastern Market
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An on-the-ground look at Eastern Market evokes the spirit and memories of one of brightest Detroit’s gems.
Waste
New proposal would add deposit to water bottles
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The proposal aims to expand the 40-year-old beverage deposit law to include noncarbonated drinks, with the exceptions of dairy and dairy substitute products.
Wildlife
A deadly fungus threatens salamanders
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A Great Lakes newt is especially vulnerable to the disease that some experts say likely will spread to the U.S. despite a recent ban on importing some salamander species.