the environment report

Michigan winters are getting warmer, melting snow earlier in the year. Scientists fear declining snowpack will ripple through the environment, affecting farms and forests.

New research could synthesize the biological antifreeze chemicals that keep some frogs, insects, and fish from freezing in extreme cold. The potential is environmentally-friendly de-icers.

The State of Michigan is using $3.65 million to establish or restore wetland areas. Ducks Unlimited is administering the program. A request for proposals has been issued.

The Michigan legislature is considering a bill that would require farm equipment manufacturers to make specialized tools and software available to farmers and third party repair shops instead of forcing farmers to get service from a dealership.

Students studied the Maple River near the University of Michigan Biological Station to understand what happens to a stream and its ecology when a dam is removed.

Nearly $1.2 billion is to be spent at one site to prevent invasive carp from entering the Great Lakes. There are a dozen more places where the carp could get in.

Michigan communities with PFAS in their water supply could be eligible for payments from chemical manufacturer 3M, after the company reached a $10.3 billion settlement to address federal lawsuits from hundreds of water supplies across the country.

The test requires a finger prick and then the sample is sent to a lab to determine levels of PFAS in a person exposed to one or more of the chemicals.

Join Michigan Radio's Environment Report host Lester Graham and Great Lakes News Collaborative partner Kelly House from Bridge Michigan at this live discussion as we look at what’s been accomplished and some of the big water quality challenges we’re still facing in Michigan 50 years after the Clean Water Act was passed. This is a free Michigan Radio event.

Researchers found diverse habitat can draw bees, but that gathering makes it easier to spread viral infections among bees. But strategies, including the planting of lots of wildflowers, can reduce the spread of bee pathogens.