Lester Graham
Reporter, The Environment ReportLester Graham reports for The Environment Report. He has reported on public policy, politics, and issues regarding race and gender inequity. He was previously with The Environment Report at Michigan Public from 1998-2010.
He has been a journalist since 1985. Graham has served as a board member of the Public Radio News Directors Inc., and also served as President of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association. He is a member of the Radio-Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), Society of Professional Journalists and other professional groups.
Lester has received 17 first-place national awards for journalism excellence and more than 100 additional awards at the national, regional, and state levels.
He is also an avid wildlife photographer.
Contact Lester: graham@michiganpublic.org
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The Brandon Road Interbasin Project is to be a barrier preventing invasive alien fish in the Mississippi River system from getting into the Great Lakes. Illinois' delay in signing could delay the whole project. -
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has told Fremont Regional Digester that it needs a different permit than the one it has now to apply its liquid waste on farm fields. -
The Michigan Department of Transportation wants feedback through a survey regarding songs from Detroit artists or those who were recorded at United Sound Systems Recording Studios. -
The use of decabromodiphenyl ether was restricted in 2021. The EPA wants new protections for workers and water in the manufacture of decaBDE. -
A study in the journal Science estimates particulate matter (PM 2.5) from coal increases potential premature death twice as often as particulate matter from other sources. -
Michigan Department of Natural Resources asks the public to notify the agency if they spot a black bear den. It's part of a program to place orphaned cubs with a mother bear. -
This documentary of the 1948 presidential campaigns was released on the 75th anniversary of the race. The candidates were Harry Truman, Thomas Dewey, Henry Wallace, and Strom Thurmond. -
Water quality sensors in Lake Erie are being networked to make more data accessible to researchers and government agencies, as well as the public. -
Holtec International is in discussions with the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission about permits to build a small modular nuclear reactor at Palisades. -
Hundreds of Michigan nature photos were submitted to The Nature Conservancy for the first statewide contest. They are also entered in the global contest.
