the environment report

Invasive sea lamprey damage or kill Great Lakes fish. The COVID pandemic reduced the ability to implement population control efforts. Now sea lamprey populations are higher.

The National Audubon Society's annual Christmas Bird Count is underway until January 5th. Coordinated visits to hundreds of sites in the U.S. and Canada to count birds depends on volunteers. There are about 80 sites in Michigan and more than 70 in Ohio.

Environmentalists want reduced pollution from Holcim as part of its $30 billion spin-off of North American facilities, including those in Michigan.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating a 69,000 gallon oil spill from Enbridge Line 6, about 60 miles west of Milwaukee.

This year’s issue of the EPA's annual report said the average fuel economy went up just over a mile per gallon from the previous year, to 27.1 miles per gallon in 2023.

A challenge in court and a planned ballot initiative in 2026 aim to remove the authority given to the Michigan Public Service Commission. The law just went into effect.

Oak trees in Michigan are being killed by oak wilt, a fungal infection that's spread by a beetle in the spring and summer. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources advises pruning or trimming oaks in the fall and winter.

Because of its geological formations underground, it’s estimated Michigan has immense capacity for storing carbon dioxide to curb the rate of climate change.

After the population of Lake Superior's top predator fish fell by 95%, the lake trout restoration effort has returned it to sustainable levels, researchers say.

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.