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AuthorsDonté SmithFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsGrand RapidsLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchJohn Ball Zoo Fights for Great Lakes’ Rarest Butterflies
-As U.S. butterfly populations face declines, the John Ball Zoo has launched a program to save these insects in a race against extinction.
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AgricultureAuthorsDonté SmithFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsEmpowering Environmental Stewardship: How Barn Sanctuary Champions Compassion and Conservation in the Great Lakes
-Michigan’s farm animal sanctuaries offer a contrast to industrial agriculture. Learn how their sustainable practices contribute to a healthier Great Lakes ecosystem and cleaner water.
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New state program encourages Michigan residents to report bat roosts
-The Department of Natural Resources is encouraging residents to report bat roosts. These are the places where bats sleep and raise their babies like chimneys, trees and bridges.
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Counting the Kirtland’s warbler
-Volunteers and conservation groups and agencies are in the jack pine forests this week, counting the Kirtland’s warbler which almost went extinct in the 1980s because of loss of habitat.
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AuthorsClimate ChangeDetroitEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageHistory and CultureInvasive SpeciesJohn HartigLatest NewsLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsGreat Lakes Moment: Government downsizing, defunding and deregulating at what environmental cost?
-Examining some of the recent federal environmental cuts in metro Detroit, which serves as a microcosm for the Great Lakes region.
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AuthorsDetroitDetroit RiverFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsRegionScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes Moment: Detroit River common terns under threat
-Known for their aerial acrobatics, common terns are designated as a threatened species in Michigan.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchNibi Chronicles: A beaver named Annabelle, her kin, and us
-Raised on Saganagons Lake in the border country between the U.S. and Canada, Milt Powell was a great friend of the Drouillard family. He and my dad had many adventures as kids and young men, learning the way of the woods in far northeastern Minnesota.
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Great Lakes Moment: Nature right outside your school door
-Southgate, Michigan has created a significant 41-acre nature center adjacent to Southgate Anderson High School.
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AuthorsDetroitDetroit RiverFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRefreshGreat Lakes Moment: New trail connects people with secluded Detroit River wetlands
-The new Grosse Ile Township greenway trail is designed to improve public access to the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge’s Gibraltar Bay Unit.
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AuthorsDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHabitat RestorationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsProtectRegionResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes Moment: The event that saved Humbug Marsh
-Humbug Marsh is an internationally important wetland because of its ecological impact on the Detroit River corridor and the Great Lakes Basin.
