Water
Review: “Let There Be Water: Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World”
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Israel is a major player in the global water business whether in Asia, Africa, or the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
Art
Good anglers, bad marriages and fish that fake orgasms
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New book explores the lore and legacy of fishing in the North Woods.
Art
Flight Paths traces hope and heartbreak for New York’s birds
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Journalist follows researchers into the field to document the challenges facing six species of birds.
Art
Below the surface: Great Lakes invaders
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A new book explores the uphill battle against the worst Great Lakes invaders and praises the people who research them.
Art
When POWs logged Michigan’s North Woods
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Retired Northern Michigan University professor uses fiction to explore life at the real but little known-UP WWII prison camps now rapidly fading from view.
Recreation
Alpena film festival filled with Great Lakes and ocean flicks
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The fourth-annual Thunder Bay International Film Festival dives into Great Lakes shipwrecks, conservation and transport.
Echo
Book explores Michigan’s shadow villages and ghost towns
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Retired librarian resurrects their past, tells their stories.
Echo
Investigating environmental soundscapes
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Environmental sounds of the Great Lakes region produce scientific analysis, guitar-playing finches and a spiritual balance.
Land
Artist prints native plants on invasive species
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Jane Kramer prints the shadows of endangered plants on paper crafted from the invaders that threaten them.
Recreation
Michigan filmmaker sets coming of age story in Upper Peninsula
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“Superior” based on 1,300 mile bicycle trip taken by two boys at the crossroads of uncertain futures.