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New research from the Department of Agriculture (MDA) and Michigan State University suggests there’s a growing viral threat to blueberry plants in the state: blueberry shock and scorch.
Oakland and Macomb counties are getting a little greener with federal money for energy-based projects under the Obama administration’s stimulus program.
Sixty-one communities received grants from the Department of Energy, most in the southeast part of the state. Among them are projects to manufacture wind turbines, generate electricity from wastewater sludge and install solar shingles.
Three of the top 100 people in bioenergy, listed by Biofuels Digest earlier this month, are university professors from the Great Lakes region.
Michigan’s got a big pig problem, and nobody wants to take the blame.
The presence of feral pigs has been widely reported in the media.
To kick off Native American Heritage Month the North American Indigenous Student Organization of Central Michigan University hosted an environmental awareness day.
Chalk it up to Robert Redford, cancer clusters, love of writing, questioning authority.
And then there is an eclectic fascination with environmental crimes, Richard Nixon, great beauty, a living laboratory and resiliency.
And of course there are the passionate crusaders.
And heaven’s baseball team.
The fight against climate change, invasive species and contaminated water in the Great Lakes has come to Wisconsin’s Lake Superior shoreline in Wisconsin. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has designated 17,000 acres there for research, education, outreach and stewardship.
It’s been a long road, but it’s time to reveal the Great Lakes SmackDown! champion.
Did the Eurasian Invasion take the gold? Or was it the Quagmeister? Click here to find out.
Legislators from Detroit and Greenville have teamed up in an effort to ease restrictions on Detroit under the state farming laws.
Michigan State University recently celebrated 100 years of journalism education. Part of the celebration included an environmental journalism summit. It addressed the question of supporting quality environmental reporting.