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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Baby boomers are part of a "silver tsunami" of retirements sweeping across the nation's drinking water and wastewater systems. -
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. -
The U.S. EPA announced four tribes in Michigan would receive grants to install renewable energy infrastructure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. -
University of Michigan economists say Michigan's economy will strengthen once the Federal Reserve begins to lower interest rates.
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Back in January of this year, when I first decided to embark on reporting about bottled water in Michigan, I had literally no idea what I was in for.… -
Water filters that you attach to your faucet are known to be good for filtering out heavy metals like lead and disinfectants like chlorine. But they’re… -
A couple weeks ago, this guy in Kalamazoo County saw something a little odd: what looks like a tiny lobster, trying to cross the road.He took a picture of… -
Many cities in the Rust Belt are still shrinking, because people continue to move away. Some have lost so many people, that highways are unneeded, and… -
We talk a lot about how people can adapt to climate change, and scientists have found that some animals are changing their behavior, too. The ability to… -
Remember how it was too hot for planes to fly in Phoenix last month?That could happen more often as our climate warms.Radley Horton is an associate… -
When I arrive at Bethany Hawkins' home, the first thing she does is offer me a glass of her well water."Our water's always been really good," she says.But… -
Biologists say the sixth mass extinction episode on Earth is already happening. But researchers say if we only look at species extinctions, we miss a big… -
23 counties in Michigan have reported one or more unhealthy ozone days each year, on average. That’s from a new analysis by the Natural Resources Defense… -
White-nose syndrome is killing millions of bats in 31 states including Michigan, and five Canadian provinces. It’s a disease caused by a fungus.But…
