Echo
And the winners are…best Michigan roads for color
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As Michigan enters peak color season, local officials across the state have nominated the best roads for motorists to enjoy the changing foliage.
Wildlife
Michigan’s connection to Queen Elizabeth II: Lamprey pie
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It’s a dish fit for a queen, and now a king.
Echo
Guilty pleas in Clean Water Act prosecution
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An Ottawa County, Michigan, electroplating company and two of its top officers have pleaded guilty to violating the federal Clean Water Act by discharging wastewater with excessive amounts of zinc.
Commentary
September: Connections
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How we name things affects how we think about them. We name fields, and forests, and marshes, and streams as separate things, so we tend to think of them as separate things. But separating these habitats in our vocabulary and in our minds obscures the innumerable connections that bind these habitats into a single working landscape.
Echo
Minnesota farmer accused of multimillion dollar organic grain scam
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A federal grand jury has indicted a Minnesota farmer for allegedly cheating buyers of more than $46 million by falsely labeling non-GMO soybeans and corn as organic.
Echo
In Northern Michigan, bison are teaching a lesson in sustainability
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Bison are on the upswing again as ranchers and government officials aim to increase their populations across the United States. And that could have implications for other livestock operations.
Wildlife
Tiny wasp could give hope to Northern Michigan cherry growers
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For the past 10 years or so, entomologists have been looking for a way to control the population of spotted wing drosophila, a fruit fly that feeds on healthy cherries and blueberries. They say they may have found their answer in releasing the samba wasp, which kills fruit flies by laying its eggs inside them.
Wildlife
Potter Park Zoo encourages people to help save monarch butterfly population
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In July, the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed the monarch butterfly as endangered for the first time in history. Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, Michigan, first installed a pollinator garden in 2018. With the recent news of the monarch’s decline, the zoo is encouraging people to build wildlife habitats of their own.
Climate
Study finds climate change may worsen allergies
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Findings by researchers at the University of Michigan predict that warming temperatures may result in increased seasonal allergies. They also found that pollen emissions could begin 40 days earlier than normal, with allergy season lasting an additional 19 days. That’s in contrast with a normal allergy season that typically lasts 10 to 30 days.
Commentary
August: Dibs on the Water
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As anyone who lives in Michigan knows, March and April are the wet months. But like so many things that Anyone knows, this is only about half true. The amount of precipitation (the water in rain and snow) doesn’t change much from month to month in Michigan.