-
Southeast Michigan facility will soon house waste from the Manhattan Project
-A southeast Michigan waste disposal site will soon be home to nuclear waste from the Manhattan Project, the World War II effort to develop an atomic bomb.
00 -
Michigan aims to tackle clean energy goals in Upper Peninsula
-As part of the state’s energy transition, the Public Service Commission has to pay special attention to the Upper Peninsula and the natural gas plants that went online there just five years ago.
-
Cleaning up pollution and removing crumbling dams help to restore Michigan rivers
-Michigan is removing some of its abandoned and obsolete dams. The benefits include cleaning up pollution and restoring nature.
-
AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureLatest NewsMichiganNewsStoried Two Hearted River gets 21st century update in new book
-Author and hydrologist Bob Otwell calls for an end to “inertia” and “lip service” on climate change and expresses concern for Michigan’s groundwater.
-
Algae BloomsCollaborationDrinking WaterGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLake ErieLake Erie-EPALatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioThe CheckupWater Quality and Restoration EffortsToxic blooms on Lake Erie still a problem 10 years after Toledo issued a ‘do not drink’ order
-It’s been ten years since Toledo issued a ‘don not drink’ order for its water system for three days due to cyanobacterial blooms near its water intake in Lake Erie. The blooms are not any worse, but they are not any less.
-
CollaborationForests and PlantsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchTourismMichigan joins federal program that collects native flora and champions restoration
-Seeds of Success, a federal program that conserves and restores native flora, has come to Michigan.
-
AgricultureCollaborationGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsThe CheckupCattle Production That Enhances Water and Environmental Quality
-Michigan State’s Jason Rowntree is out to prove that ranching is an ecological asset.
-
CollaborationEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsMichigan’s electric energy future could be wasting away in a junk drawer
-Valuable critical materials are sitting in junk drawers. Michigan is working with electronics manufacturers and researchers to recirculate these products back into the state’s economy.
-
AuthorsDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsRegionOperation Manoomin: Restoring Wild Rice along the Detroit River
-To reestablish the Potawatomi’s presence along the Detroit River, the local Indigenous group is interested in partnering on a project to restore wild rice in protected areas in and along the river.
-
Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingScience, Technology, ResearchPoints North: Shooting a Unicorn
-Two guys are hunting coyotes in Michigan, and say they lure in the biggest coyote they’ve ever seen. But it’s not a coyote at all — it’s a federally endangered gray wolf about 300 miles from its normal habitat. How did it get there?
