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You may find out more than you want to about environmental activities in your area in the EPA Enviromapper.
This EPA map shows almost anything you want (or may not want) to know: from hazardous waste sites to the locations chemicals in use like ammonia.
LANSING – State and federal agencies, conservation groups and residents have been teaming up to increase the amount of environmentally important land protected in Michigan.
Securing development rights is gaining popularity as it’s cheaper than purchasing land outright to preserve it.
By Shaheen Kanthawala
Do you love clean waterways? This Valentine’s Day you can let them know. Environment America, an organization that aims to protect air, water and open spaces, developed a campaign to support the Environmental Protection Agency’s initiative to restore the protections of the Clean Water Act. The organization says the law is under attack in the courts, putting some protections in limbo and blocking attempts by Congress to restore them. Environment America is sending valentines submitted by supporters of the campaign to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson.
Some communities are exploring green job initiatives as an opportunity for ex-prisoners to rebuild their lives. The Michigan Prisoner ReEntry Initiative (MPRI), a statewide effort led by the Department of Corrections that does job placement for former prisoners, provide a pathway out of the incarceration cycle for an increasing number of former prisoners.
President Obama’s effort to jumpstart long-overdue cleanup projects could be in trouble. Insiders wonder if the new Congress will set the budgetary needle closer to zero. But it will take more than money for the lakes to reach their potential.
Cleanup efforts are still underway more than six months after 819,000 gallons of heavy crude oil spilled into the Kalamazoo River, covering wildlife and the nearby environment with sludge.
Researchers recently hosted a workshop on agricultural contamination in the Great Lakes region, discussing why rates of agricultural nutrients are on the rise.
Echo will give readers a glimpse of the workshop in a three-part video series.
It’s not easy being old–the Barney Devine served Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources missions on Lake Michigan and is now close to retirement at the age of 74. Construction just finished on the boat’s replacement, the Coregonus.
Vampire, blood-sucker, parasite – take your pick. The terms have all been used to describe the sea lamprey. It’s a behavior ruining more than the invader’s reputation. Some native lamprey species co-exist peacefully in the lakes.
New information about sand dunes along Lake Michigan is expected to improve protection of archeological sites, researchers and planners say.