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This dam removal tool moves data rather than cement

By Jack Nissen | May 10, 2017

Dam removal is on an upward trend. A new tool helps to figure out which should go first.

Capital News Service

Wetlands mitigation may get cheaper for local governments in Michigan

By Chao Yan | March 29, 2017

A new system will make it easier for public entities to meet wetland protection requirements.

environmental politics

Great Lakes businesses join forces against oil pipeline

By Steven Maier | February 27, 2017

The collection of businesses see Enbridge Line 5 as a threat to the economy and the environment.

Echo

Deadline for state money to test beaches approaching

By Chao Yan | February 24, 2017

The state of Michigan is offering grant money to fund monitoring inland beaches this summer.

Invaders

Video helps volunteers take on aquatic invasives

By Lucy Schroeder | February 17, 2017

In the fight against aquatic invasive species, early detection is essential. Video is making that easier to accomplish.

Echo

Unique lake trout could help restore Lake Michigan population

By Steven Maier | February 17, 2017

The trout in Lake Michigan were once wiped out, but one strain might help bring them back.

lakes/rivers/wetlands

Milwaukee bans coal-tar sealants after study shows they pollute streams

By Morgan Linn | February 8, 2017

The study found that as many as 78 percent of Milwaukee streams have toxic levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, also known as PAHs.

Nearshore

New effort to track wild rice in Michigan

By Karen Hopper Usher | October 10, 2016

A statewide effort to track wild rice will need the help of tribal leaders who harvest and have already restored some rice beds.

environmental politics

Michigan mine risks Wisconsin tribe’s hallowed sites

By Brian Bienkowski | September 21, 2016

Modern boundaries complicate –and stymie–the Menominee Tribe’s effort to protect burial grounds.

Fish

Michigan chumming ban on trout streams upsets anglers

By admin | September 12, 2016

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission decided to err on the safe side, to the displeasure of bait anglers throughout the state.

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