DNR makes progress in months-long ice storm cleanup
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has cleaned up most of the tree damage from last winter's historic ice storm...
Spotting the invasive spotted lanternfly in Dearborn
Last month, a highly invasive insect was spotted for the first time on the University of Michigan-Dearborn’s campus. The Environmental...
Michigan Congresswoman Dingell fears Trump’s proposed limits to Clean Water Act
The Trump administration wants to cut the number of waterways protected under the Clean Water Act.Some business owners and developers...
Rochester’s ‘micro forest’ celebrates a successful season
This past spring, the city of Rochester became home to a ‘micro forest,’ a dense grove of trees and shrubs...
The Metro: The case for a Detroit land conservancy
Detroit has finally started to regain some population, but it has a long way to go. And that means there’s...
Muck runs amok in Lake St. Clair
Harmful algal blooms form in western Lake Erie every summer. Scientists monitor the water for toxic bacteria and caution people...
DNR awards new community grants to grow Southeast Michigan’s urban tree canopy
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is giving money to 25 communities and organizations to help grow local urban tree...
Explore Sand Point, a preserve with rare hemlocks and old growth potential
In the interior arch of Michigan’s “thumb” lays the Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy, a group dedicated to protecting and restoring...
How will rescinding the ‘Roadless Rule’ impact Michigan’s national forests?
In June, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that they wanted to rescind the Roadless Rule, arguing that...
How many cigarette butts are littering your local beach?
Visitors sometimes leave stuff behind at Great Lakes beaches. Broken pieces from plastic toys or bits of styrene from coolers...
The Metro: Midtown hazardous waste site seeking license renewal
Detroit is a manufacturing city and with this comes hazardous waste – toxic, reactive, flammable, and corrosive material that’s dangerous...
Michigan apple orchards and cider mills will have plenty of fruit this fall
Apple lovers will have plenty to pick this fall. The Michigan Apple Committee estimates growers will harvest about 30 million bushels...