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Category: Forests and Plants

Posted inAYITWK, Featured, Food, Forests and Plants, History and Culture, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology, Research

A Fleeting Wild Taste of Spring Ephemerals: Ramps and Ostrich Fern

by Lisa M. Rose April 23, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Forests and Plants, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Invasive Species, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Latest News, News, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Finding creative new ways to manage invasive cattails

by Lily Stewart, Great Lakes Now April 19, 2024
Posted inAYITWKGL, Featured, Food, Forests and Plants, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology, Research, Tourism

Your Foraging Journey: A Framework to Sustainable and Safe Practices

by Lisa M. Rose April 16, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Forests and Plants, GLNC, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Latest News, News, Ontario, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Ghostly Grey Specters

by Andrew Reeves April 12, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAgriculture, Climate Change, Featured, Forests and Plants, Guest Article, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Wisconsin

The Northwoods is now a month into unusually early maple tapping season

by WXPR March 13, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Forests and Plants, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Wisconsin

Ottawa National Forest creates shaded fuel brakes to help protect communities from wildfires

by WXPR March 1, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inForests and Plants, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Latest News, News, Ontario, Region, Science, Technology, Research

Restoring Ontario’s lost grasslands is as important as planting trees

by The Narwhal January 19, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAP, Article, Forests and Plants, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Science, Technology, Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments

Biden administration moves to protect old-growth forests as climate change brings fires, pests

by The Associated Press December 29, 2023
Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Forests and Plants, History and Culture, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology, Research

Points North: The plant musician

by Interlochen Public Radio November 10, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Forests and Plants, Guest Article, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research

Survival of wild rice threatened by climate change, increased rainfall in northern Minnesota

by Sahan Journal August 22, 2023November 8, 2025

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