Echo
Michigan bottle return rate fell after pandemic ban. Would price hike help?
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Michigan’s return rate on bottles and cans, which stood at nearly 89 percent before the pandemic, has plummeted below 76 percent.
Wildlife
What do Michigan rattlers chow down?
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Massasaugas strongly prefer small mammal prey, yet individuals occasionally consume other prey, including amphibians, reptiles and birds.
Echo
Free swim lessons part of larger Michigan effort to reduce drownings
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A staggering 70 percent of children in Detroit have little to no swimming experience.
Echo
Arrest made in Sleeping Bear Dunes vandalism case
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Man accused of misdemeanor faces up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine if convicted.
Echo
Nature can nurture: MSU gardens help heal students
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Visiting the Horticulture Gardens means stepping into a different world.
Water
Great Lakes champs are part of the ecosystem they protect
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By Jada Vasser
A new book about the Great Lakes is written to reflect that their problems, solutions and champions are interrelated, much like the ecosystem it portrays. “This whole thing of bringing stakeholders together, creating a vision, co-producing knowledge, co-innovating solutions is in the book,” author John Hartig said. “You don’t get that anywhere else.”
Hartig’s “Great Lakes Champions: Grassroots Efforts to Clean Up Polluted Watersheds,” highlights 14 people who created programs and solutions to help communities that depend on the Great Lakes. These leaders took on the goal of restoring the Great Lakes through service and guidance. They all are hardworking and determined and share the same love for the Great Lakes, Hartig said.
Solutions
New NASA satellite helps scientists understand Great Lakes
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Mapping currents allows scientists to understand the path pollution takes and maximize the efficiency of boats and vessels.
Solutions
Could young students be Michigan’s next environmental stewards?
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More tools and resources are becoming available to teachers wanting to pursue environmental curriculum.
Solutions
Breaking ground and cracking ammonia
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Fertilizer produced at local levels could reduce costs and carbon emissions related to transport.
Echo
Schools replace old-fashioned drinking fountains
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Because of the major impact of the Flint water crisis on Michigan, safe drinking water has become a public health, environmental and political priority.