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After 25 years, brownfield cleanup still totals millions

By Carl Stoddard | November 7, 2017

Since it was launched in 1992, the Brownfield Redevelopment Program has awarded $200 million in brownfield grants and loans for 350 projects in Michigan.

Nearshore

COs encounter oddball situations in the field

By Eric Freedman | November 6, 2017

Fall tends to be a busy time of year for Michigan DNR conservation officers, who sometimes go home with stories.

Capital News Service

Saving Lake Erie could help other lakes, inland and great

By Kaley Fech | November 2, 2017

A diverse group of Michigan organizations is forming a coalition to improve water quality in Lake Erie.

Agriculture

California fires will have little impact on Michigan wine sales

By Carl Stoddard | October 31, 2017

The full impact of wildfires in Northern California’s wine country is not yet clear.

Capital News Service

Michigan moose on the loose – and on the rebound

By Carl Stoddard | October 27, 2017

Moose are on the rise in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

Waste

All those orange traffic barrels can have a second life

By Stephen Olschanski | October 20, 2017

Michigan’s Mount Brighton will showcase the product at its inaugural Fall Fest Oct. 21-22.

Capital News Service

Lack of contractors slows lead removal from Flint and other Michigan homes

By Jack Nissen | October 19, 2017

It can take a long time to remove lead from a house, but before removal can happen, contractors need to be available. And there just aren’t enough.

Waste

Major recycling scam in Mich., Wisc., sparks indictment

By Eric Freedman | October 18, 2017

A bogus scheme to build an eco-friendly “green energy” waste processing facility in Detroit defrauded lenders and investors – including Chinese investors hoping to qualify for U.S. visas.

Capital News Service

Sandhill cranes could be hunted if legislators get their way

By Jingjing Nie | October 16, 2017

Some lawmakers want to reverse a hundred years of conservation and allow hunting of Michigan’s sandhill crane.

Capital News Service

Holiday season underway for Michigan’s Christmas tree growers

By Carl Stoddard | October 12, 2017

By the end of October, Michigan tree farmers will be harvesting trees and shipping them to stores and Christmas tree lots in several states.

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About Great Lakes Echo

Environmental news of the Great Lakes region from the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University.

  • Michigan’s water infrastructure sees improvements, work still needs to be done

    By Clara Lincolnhol The U.S. would need to invest nearly $3.4 trillion over the next 20 years to fix and update drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, says researchers from The Value of Water Campaign. Much of that infrastructure was built 40 to 50 years ago and shows its age. Michigan’s is no exception. The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the state a D+ for its drinking water infrastructure, a D in storm water management and a C for its wastewater infrastructure. Funding is a major problem. Proposed data centers would put more stress on the infrastructure.

  • Mussels in a green net.
    Endangered spectaclecase mussels reintroduced into the Chippewa River

    By Ada Tussing To combat the population loss of spectaclecase mussels, researchers with both the Minnesota and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released over 177 mussels into the Chippewa River in Northwest Wisconsin.

  • Michigan allocates $77 million to clean thousands of contaminated sites

    By Clara Lincolnhol Michigan is pouring $77 million into clean-up of contaminated abandoned real estate such as former factories. The director of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy says the goal is to make the cleaned-up sites safe for housing, commercial developments and other uses.

  • Winter makes curved roads dangerous; researchers seek solutions

    By Eric Freedman Flashing light on warning signs near curves can slow drivers and reduce the odds of a crash during winter weather conditions, says a new study by Michigan State University engineers.

  • The cover of “Dead Moose on Isle Royale: Off Trail with the Citizen Scientists of the Wolf-Moose Project." The cover is moose antlers on the ground.
    Great Lakes books for your holiday gift list 

    By Eric Freedman   Looking for a holiday gift for a reader who loves the Great Lakes? Here are five prospects to consider – and what our reporters learned from interviewing their authors this year.

  • A side-by-side of the historic Portage Canal and modern Portage Canal from an aerial view.
    Restoration of historical site improves quality of life for Portage, Wisconsin residents

    By Joshua Kim Following the completion of segments 1 and 2 of the Portage Canal, local residents and visitors can use the historic site and its amenities following years of disrepair.

  • What herring gulls tell us about plastic pollution

    By Victoria Witke Christina Petalas, a doctoral student McGill University, studies herring gulls to learn about plastic pollution near the St. Lawrence River. Across two studies, she found plastic additives in every bird sampled, which could have human health consequences.

  • Scientists update geological map of northern Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula 

    By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva The U.S. Geological Survey has began large-scale low-level airplane flights over Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin to obtain high-resolution data on subsurface mineral structures and bedrock composition. The data will be used to create two- and three-dimensional maps to better understand the geological structure at depths of about 10,000 feet.

  • ‘Refusal is insisting on your own terms’: Indigenous activism in the Midwest

    By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira “Indigenous Activism in the Midwest: Refusal, Resurgence and Resisting Settler Colonialism” explores how Dakota and Anishinaabe communities in Minnesota continue their relationships to the land and challenge dominant settler narratives about ownership, belonging and identity.

  • Cannabis workers are developing job-related asthma and some have died, study says

    By Clara Lincolnhol New research says workers picking, grinding and packaging cannabis are developing workplace-related asthma, and two deaths have occurred so far.

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