Land
Great Lakes, great colors
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The brightest colors happen with dry, sunny days followed by cool, dry nights.
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
Wisconsin shipwreck added to the National Register of Historic Places
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As a pioneer of the cross-lake railcar ferry system, the Milwaukee contributed to an important time in history, featuring the design and operation of a steam screw vessel.
Nearshore
Mr. Great Lakes on conservation volunteers and clean energy financing
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Plus, a look at recreational use and stress on the Saginaw Bay area.
Wildlife
Mid-Michigan bird banders track fall migration
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Current State’s Kevin Lavery meets up with volunteers banding birds at the Burke Lake Banding Station this week.
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.
Echo
Artists raise awareness about abandoned farms and child hunger
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The Food Fix podcasters visited ArtPrize in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, to talk to people who are taking a more artistic route to feed the world.
Land
Criminal probes of Southwest Michigan farm fraud continue
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A Southwest Michigan farmer was sentenced to prison after cheating the federal government out of almost $525,000 through fraudulent crop insurance claims and misuse of marketing assistance loans.
Water
Lake Superior: Mean enough to be Trump’s running mate?
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We’re not talking gales of November kind of mean.
Recreation
Minnesota-based artist travels around the Great Lakes in four months
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Current State talks with a Minnesota-based poet artist who traveled along all the Great Lakes shorelines this summer for his project H.O.M.E.S.