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 Michigan Department of Natural Resources is pairing conservation groups with drinking water treatment plant operators to see how source water can be protected by planting trees. -
Michigan would receive funds for two projects, one at Benton Harbor and the other at the Edsel Ford House on Lake St. Clair. -
High winds and low humidity can mean backyard fires can quickly get out of control, burning fields or forests. -
The USDA granted nearly $900,000 over a three year period to Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities. The center will work with 16 west Michigan counties to build local food networks. -
President Joe Biden vetoed a resolution by Congress to block a new rule defining the Waters of the U.S. as including some wetlands and streams. -
Congress is reintroducing the Recovering America's Wildlife Act to help wildlife at risk of becoming threatened or endangered. -
Vernal pools in forests are critical to a number of species, including wood frogs, spotted salamander, and newts. Not all vernal pools are protected from destruction. -
The U.S. Department of Energy is funding the SolSmart program. It will offer training, technical advice, and assistance in drafting ordinances to pave the way to greater use of solar power. -
An aphid has been detected in Michigan which feeds on garlic mustard, an invasive plant that crowds out native plants. -
A 2016 law has prevented local governments from banning plastic shopping bags. The new bill would allow local bans on plastic bags and single-use plastic containers.
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As Canadian officials lobbied a Michigan Senate committee in March to keep the Line 5 pipeline open, Sen. Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) grew frustrated… -
The floodwaters have receded from Jefferson Chalmers for now, but evidence of the neighborhood’s recent crisis is hard to miss:Dried algae on the… -
Climate change in the Great Lakes region means more intense storms. Already some towns are finding they’re flooding where they never have before. One city… -
Midland and other cities were hit hard by a flood caused by heavy rains and the failure of a weak dam.More than 2,500 homes were damaged. There was an… -
Birds are beginning to migrate north. The Great Lakes flyway means a large number of those birds will be flying over Michigan. It also means at night… -
Michigan's Indigenous communities hold long-standing legal right to protect lands and waters.On any given day, Jacques LeBlanc Jr. spends as many as 14… -
Deep below the cold, dark surface of Lake Superior, sensors strung like pearls along a vertical steel cable sway with the currents. Recording the lake’s… -
As climate change complicates Lake Erie's algae problem, scientists say farmer must do far more to reduce phosphorus runoff. But will enough farmers… -
In Michigan, with public health departments fully occupied with COVID-19, septic systems have been pushed back as a priority.But even before COVID-19, it… -
Since the late 1980s, four of the five Great Lakes have played host to an increasing number of invasive mussels. First came zebra mussels, followed…
