
The Environment Report
The Environment Report, hosted by Lester Graham, explores the relationship between the natural world and the everyday lives of people in Michigan.
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The H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program is hoping to get people to take photos for a time-lapse of developing wetlands, and then get more involved as citizen scientists.
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A new study in the journal Global Change Biology studied a pessimistic policy outlook and an optimistic policy outlook to project how climate change would affect birds in the neotropics, stretching from central Mexico to the southern tip of South America.
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Game managers say there are too many deer in parts of the state’s Lower Peninsula. The Michigan Natural Resources Commission has added days to the deer hunting season.
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The state is trading mineral rights to more than 8,000 acres in the Porcupine Mountains for mineral rights on land scattered across six Upper Peninsula counties.
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A study in the journal Science outlines the many consequences of the loss of ice on lakes because of climate change. Fishing, cultural activities, transportation, water quality, and greenhouse gas releases are all consequences of the loss of lake ice coverage.
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Michigan faces a high risk of fires. Abnormally dry conditions, and in some places actual drought, have left yards and fields dry. Winds this weekend increase the chance of wildfires.
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Baby boomers are part of a "silver tsunami" of retirements sweeping across the nation's drinking water and wastewater systems.
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Enbridge wants to build a new 41-mile section of pipeline to take Line 5 around the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reservation. Opponents want Line 5 shut down.
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The U.S. EPA announced four tribes in Michigan would receive grants to install renewable energy infrastructure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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University of Michigan economists say Michigan's economy will strengthen once the Federal Reserve begins to lower interest rates.
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Because of the Flint water crisis, several Michigan cities are making long term plans to replace old lead water pipes that connect homes to the water…
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One of the things Flint’s water operators got in trouble for was falsifying records; for saying the city was testing homes at the highest risk of having…
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There are several federal agencies in charge of trying to control Asian carp, and they just came out with their latest report to Congress on how those…
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The reliability of our power supply is vulnerable to climate change. But the grid can be made more adaptable.Those are the conclusions of a new study in…
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For generations, Native Americans in the northern Great Lakes have harvested wild rice. It's an important food source. For some it's a way to make a…
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Lakes Superior and Erie have too many sea lampreys.The invasive fish latch onto big fish like lake trout and salmon and drink their blood and body fluids.…
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A group in northern Michigan has been working for more than a decade to connect a bike trail between Suttons Bay and Harbor Springs.But now, one…
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If you hit the grocery stores in the Toledo area a couple weeks ago, hoping to pick up some bottled water, you were out of luck.Several stores completely…
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People are gathering in Buffalo this week for the annual Great Lakes restoration conference.At the top of their list is making sure Congress fully funds…
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Canada geese have been spending their winters farther north.Scientists have figured out geese are drawn to cities for safety more so than for food.Michael…