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Posted inCulture, Featured, Food, Forests and Plants, 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, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, News, Ontario, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

Ghostly Grey Specters

by Andrew Reeves April 12, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAgriculture, Climate, Featured, Forests and Plants, Industry, 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, 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 inBooks, Art and Music, Culture, Forests and Plants, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Points North: The plant musician

by Interlochen Public Radio November 10, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inClimate, Culture, Forests and Plants, 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
Posted inForests and Plants, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Record air pollution, Canadian wildfires prompts state to change how it issues air quality alerts

by Planet Detroit July 17, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inForests and Plants, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Michigan air quality unhealthy again Monday because of Canadian wildfires

by Bridge Michigan July 17, 2023
Posted inFeatured, Forests and Plants, Latest News, News, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research

Points North: Rekindling Wilderness

by Interlochen Public Radio July 13, 2023November 8, 2025

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    For three decades, Michigan State University researchers have gone to Manistee National Forest to study seedlings to find out about the future of Michigan’s forests.

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