Water
Iowa runoff lawsuit, Flint’s water woes
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WKAR’s Current State checks in with Great Lakes commentator Gary Wilson about January’s biggest environmental stories.
Water
Climate affects how the Great Lakes grow and flow
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A recent report by the U.S. Geological Survey helps land managers cope with the seasonal changes resulting from climate change in the Lake Michigan basin.
Recreation
Michigan court to determine price of poached trophy buck
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Is it the value of the meat? The antlers? Of a trophy hunt?
Wildlife
What’s on the marten’s menu?
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Researchers found that shrews account for 38.6 percent and deer account for 30 percent of the prey detected in marten scat collected in Wisconsin’s Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.
Climate
Agency prepares cities for climate change
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The Land Information Access Association helps towns on Michigan’s Great Lakes coastline Brace for climate change.
Water
Project tackles green infrastructure
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The Great Lakes Commission wants to integrate conservation into communities’ water management plans.
Energy
Study: modest costs to renewables
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Michigan could expand its reusable energy standard to 25 percent over 10 years at $2.60 each month per household, a price that could be cut in half if key federal tax credits are extended.
Land
Barn preservation makes economic sense
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They can be recycled for other uses, are as cheap to preserve as demolish, cost less in taxes and boost the local economy
Energy
U.P. energy users get short-term rate relief
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The plan also achieves long-term goals of reliability and eliminating out-state utilities from the state’s energy future.