Water
Au Sable hatchery poses resource, economic questions
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A proposed expansion is indicative of broader issues involving resource protection and the weighing of emerging and established economic forces.
Land
Decades-long research values ecosystem services to farming, environment
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The research recently reported in BioScience magazine also shows the public’s willingness to pay for such services.
Nearshore
New weather buoys join network that protects Great Lakes swimmers
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One result of the buoy system is the discovery that waves near the shore can be much larger than those farther away.
Wildlife
Contamination monitored with bird blood
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Scientists are measuring the contaminants in birds to track Great Lakes environmental trends and monitor the success of chemical cleanups.
Recreation
Stargazers drawn to dark sky park
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Due to their locations away from city lights and often near water, dark sky parks offer enhanced opportunities to see, study, and enjoy the night sky and everything in it.
Land
Researchers look to spin grass into beef
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They hope to overcome climate and other hurdles to produce leaner cuts increasingly demanded by consumers.
Wildlife
Local policy revision spares non-aggressive mute swans
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Residents of a small west Michigan lake recently limited a policy on killing invasive mute swans to only those that are aggressive. State officials say the bird can displace native trumpeter swans, eat and destroy wetland vegetation and chase wildlife and even people.
Land
Manure spraying under scrutiny
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Spraying manure on farm fields while rare now has taken on new urgency as more large dairy farms consider the practice.
Nearshore
Leaky sewer pipes could export viruses to lakes
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A Milwaukee scientist who has found sewage migrating from old pipes through soil and into the stormwater lines that drain to lakes or streams says the problem is likely to occur in cities nationwide.
Wildlife
Mid-Michigan Peregrine Falcons expecting
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Few parents will produce offspring as rare as those of Eckert and Viper.