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Category: Forests and Plants

Posted inForests and Plants, Invasive Species, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Watch out! Creepy kudzu coming?

by Great Lakes Echo June 28, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inClimate, Featured, Forests and Plants, Grand Rapids, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, Michigan, New York, News, Ontario, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Michigan under statewide advisory as Canada wildfire smoke hits Midwest

by Bridge Michigan June 27, 2023
Posted inClimate, Featured, Forests and Plants, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments

It isn’t arson: untangling climate misinformation around Canada’s raging wildfires

by The Narwhal June 23, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Featured, Forests and Plants, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, News, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Nibi Chronicles: We are still here, and so is great grandma’s lilac

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now June 15, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Climate, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Forests and Plants, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Habitat Restoration, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Landmark Great Lakes coastal wetland program continues restoration drive that began in 2010

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now June 12, 2023
Posted inClimate, Feature Detroit, Featured, Forests and Plants, Lake Ontario, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Wildfire smoke can harm human health, even when the fire is hundreds of miles away – a toxicologist explains why

by The Conversation June 9, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Forests and Plants, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Bill aims to allow backyard wildlife feeding, but critics fear deer disease

by Bridge Michigan May 26, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Forests and Plants, News, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Science Says What? Looking for love as northern forests heat up

by Sharon Oosthoek May 25, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Climate, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Forests and Plants, Habitat Restoration, News, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Science Says What? What’s up with dissolved organic carbon (AKA why is my local stream murky?)

by Sharon Oosthoek April 27, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Featured, Forests and Plants, Indigenous Communities, Lake Superior, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Nibi Chronicles: Greeting Old Man Maple during the Sap Boiling Moon

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now April 21, 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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