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Many people are looking to wildflowers and native plants for environmental and economic reasons.
Jean Weirich, treasurer of the Wildflower Association of Michigan, said education about wildflower planting and seeding has recently become popular.
The fruits of a national drive to promote healthy eating habits in children will soon be enjoyed by more Great Lakes schools.
Starting with the 2011-2012 school year, cafeterias will serve more fresh fruits and produce as part of a federal program.
A lot has changed since the Michigan Nature Association (MNA) started creating nature preserves in 1960, says Steve Kelley, the organization president.
Just more than 50 years since MNA bought its first property, the Louis Senghas Memorial Nature Sanctuary in St. Clair County, its holdings have increased to more than 10,000 acres across the state.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s mission to guarantee clean and safe recreational water resources includes an assessment plan to make the public aware of problems.
DEQ said it has five related goals: 1) enhance recreational waters, 2) ensure edible fish, 3) protect and restore aquatic ecosystems, 4) ensure safe drinking water and 5) protect public safety.
A new state effort is targeting the shrinking amount of habitat land for grassland birds in the Lower Peninsula by focusing on pheasant restoration.
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Are you tired of sitting in a classroom to learn about the environment? Why not go outside to touch and feel nature?
Michigan’s agriculture food processing industry is no undersized enterprise.
The state’s agro-food diversity is second only to California’s.
More mushrooms are popping up, attracting tourists who taste, hunt and participate in mushroom festivals in Michigan.
The fungi is most plentiful in Northern Michigan and is a good way for the state to showcase locally grown food.
Valuable logs sank to the bottom of Michigan’s lakes and rivers during the 1800s when loggers floated their hauls.
Now proposed legislation would make permits to retrieve them easier to get.
Breathing diesel exhaust is unhealthy, and it does more harm than simply irritate organs. According to a new study, it is increasing the risk of cancer at an alarming rate.