Water
Water quality stirs interest of Michigan voters
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More than 90 percent of those surveyed want the state to examine urban water systems. Flint’s water woes prompted the concern.
Recreation
Trust fund awards $28 million for Michigan public lands projects
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Royalties from oil and natural gas drilling support Michigan recreation projects.
Land
Scary but inevitable: survey reveals thoughts on driverless cars
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Are they a safer way to drive or a sign of the apocalypse? Michiganders don’t know, but they guess we’ll find out in the next decade or so.
Land
Deadline looms to remove private camps from Ottawa National Forest
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More than 100 long-time leaseholders are seeking an extension of their right to keep hunting and vacation camps in the Ottawa National Forest.
Recreation
Appeals court says Michigan canoeist can’t sue to sample shore
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The Court of Appeals ruled that a nonprofit organization had the right to deny a canoeist access to the Grand River river shore to test for contamination.
Energy
Push underway to expand fast Internet service in rural areas
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Pockets of the Michigan still struggle with slow broadband Internet speeds.
Energy
Michigan’s move toward clean energy picks up steam
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A new EPA standard could push Michigan more quickly toward clean energy.
Recreation
Small watercraft account for many distress calls
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The majority of Lake Michigan distress calls come from kayakers or canoeists who paddle into the lake and get caught in the wind.
Land
Don’t know much geography
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Michigan is one of only six states with a statewide middle school and high school requirement for geography.
Land
Programs for beginning farmers on the rise
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Interest in local and organic food might yield a younger, fresher crop of farmers in Michigan.