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Current State

Every Tuesday the Current State public affairs radio program on WKAR in East Lansing runs an environmental story in partnership with Great Lakes Echo. The stories also run on the Echo site and are archived here.

Sandhill crane
Wildlife

Sandhill cranes and birdwatchers flock to Bellevue for annual festival

By WKAR Current State | October 7, 2015

WKAR’s Current State discusses the upcoming CraneFest with the executive director of the Michigan Audubon Society, Johnathan Lutz.

Lake trout
Nearshore

Could fish farm expansion in Michigan hurt the Great Lakes?

By WKAR Current State | September 18, 2015

There’s a concern that wild populations of lake trout could be impacted by the expansion of fish farming in the Great Lakes.

I-94
Land

Environmentalists tell MDOT to pump the brakes on I-94 expansion

By WKAR Current State | September 15, 2015

The Michigan Department of Transportation has plans to renovate a 6.7 stretch of I-94 near Detroit.

Energy
Solar panels

Michigan utilities, enviros plan for state’s energy future

By WKAR Current State | September 15, 2015

Current State speaks with director of media relations for Consumers Energy in Jackson and energy program director for the Michigan Environmental Council.

Wildlife

Michigan forests pestered by return of spruce budworm

By WKAR Current State | August 25, 2015

It’s been about 30 years since Michigan saw an outbreak of spruce budworm, but the little insects are now back in a big way. Current State talks with Bob Heyd, forest health specialist with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources about what that means for the state’s trees.

Land

Little prairie in the city: urban nature center restores grasslands

By WKAR Current State | August 21, 2015

Current State tours Fenner Nature Center’s recent restoration of 19 acres of prairie land right in the middle of Lansing.

Energy
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Michigan task force calls for heavy oil ban in Straits of Mackinac pipelines

By WKAR Current State | August 5, 2015

Environmental groups are calling on Michigan to pay attention to the Enbridge pipeline system beneath the Straits of Mackinac.

Environmental Canine Services
Water

Michigan company uses dogs to sniff out water pollution

By WKAR Current State | July 30, 2015

Environmental Canine Services is a six-year-old Michigan company that uses dogs to find pollution in water.

Fort Mackinac
Nearshore

Fort Mackinac celebrates 200 years in American hands

By WKAR Current State | July 28, 2015

The Mackinac State Historic Parks system is celebrating Fort Mackinac’s bicentennial.

Current State logo
Water

Michigan company using algae to reduce use of livestock antibiotics

By WKAR Current State | July 22, 2015

A Michigan company’s innovative use of algae could help clean wastewater and reduce the use of livestock antibiotics.

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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.

  • 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.

  • Swiss researcher studies ‘abandonment tourism’ in Detroit

    By Camila Bello Castro A recent case study of a former “abandonment tourism” business in Detroit found a disconnect between the lived experience of many city residents and the lives of the tour participants who were generally white, younger and more international than most Detroiters and generally first-time visitors to the city.

  • Wolves hunt beavers in Isle Royale National Park, changing the ecosystem

    By Akia Thrower A new study reveals how gray wolves in Isle Royale National Park seasonally alter their habitat preferences to align with beavers’ habitat preferences, a shift that might have implications for the island’s ecosystem.

  • Green clues: Crime-busters turn to moss to help solve crimes 

    By Eric Freedman Tiny pieces of moss can be crime-busters, says a study examining how law enforcement agencies, forensic teams and botanists have used moss to solve murders, track missing people, calculate how long ago someone died and – in a notorious Mason County case – try to locate the body of a baby murdered by her father.

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