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Public interest in (and donations for) the devastating Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines is alarmingly low compared to similar recent international disasters, a recent report says.
But some Michigan residents, like Hollyann Powers and her family, are working to make sure information gets out – and leads to action.
A football stadium may have green grass but does it have green habits? Each week, Great Lakes Echo highlights a Big Ten football stadium’s attempts to do the most to impact the environment the least. All schools have information on the stadium’s diversion rate – the amount of waste recycled instead of put in a landfill. Stadium: Ohio Stadium
School: Ohio State University
Built: 1922
Capacity: 102,329
2012 diversion rate: 87.2 percent
Scouting report: Ohio State claims to have the largest stadium to have achieved zero waste, something that requires a 90 percent diversion rate or more. Ohio Stadium’s highest diversion rate was 98.2 percent, against Illinois on Nov.
In this series, Echo samples successful and ongoing restoration projects in each Great Lakes state.
Illinois projects include cleaning up Waukegan Harbor and statewide efforts to contain
by Lacee Shepard
Local officials could restrict ownership of carrier pigeons on a community—by-community basis under a new Michigan proposal. Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood , D-Taylor, introduced a bill that would allow cities and townships to decide their own restrictions on carrier pigeons. The bill began after Hopgood received a constituent complaint about a neighbor owning too many carrier pigeons. “We thought we should give the cities the ability to do what make sense for a given community,” Hopgood said. “Then they can look out for the health and welfare of local residents.”
The proposal wouldn’t allow a local ban on the bird but would allow local governments to impose a limit on ownership if they see fit, Hopgood said.
A Department of Natural Resources (DNR) early warning program is trying to prevent the invasive species frog bit from destroying native aquatic plants.
A football stadium may have green grass but does it have green habits? Each week, Great Lakes Echo highlights a Big Ten football stadium’s attempts to do the most to impact the environment the least. All schools have information on the stadium’s diversion rate – the amount of waste recycled instead of put in a landfill. Stadium: Michigan Stadium (“The Big House”)
School: University of Michigan
Built: 1927
Capacity: 107,521
2012 diversion rate: 22.7 percent. Scouting report: Recycling efforts at the stadium began almost 20 years ago in 1994, and the University of Michigan currently has the biggest stadium recycling program in the nation.
In this series, Echo samples successful and ongoing restoration projects in each Great Lakes state.
Ohio projects include saving the rare Lake Erie watersnake and the removal of the Euclid Creek dam.
Gary Wilson takes a look at some of the common myths surrounding the Great Lakes and how they have come to be perceived as realities.
Better rules for sustainable fish farms could provide the state with a $1 billion a year industry, says a coastal conservation research group called the Michigan Sea Grant.
