the environment report

The International Joint Commission is asking the public for their observations regarding the water quality of the Great Lakes.

For more than 120 years, volunteers have taken a day to count and identify birds for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count.

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy's Air Quality Division is setting emission limits for five chemicals. There are tens of thousands that have yet to be screened.

Residents were surprised by an application to put a gravel mine in the midst of several lake communities.

A dry cleaning solvent has been found to be a health hazard. It's already polluted sites throughout Michigan. A newly introduced bill would phase out the use.

Michigan's wolf management plan attempts to balance the need to control the population of wolves against the desires of hunters who want a hunting season and environmentalists who want to protect the wolves.

People with colorblindness often cannot distinguish colors such as red and green. That can change the experience of seeing fall leaves, or a northern cardinal in the trees. And it's prompted some changes at a couple of state parks.

The EPA filed a lawsuit against EES Coke Battery alleging it violated the Clean Air Act.

The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa wanted Line 5 shut down and moved off its land.

Billions spent on strategies to limit nutrient pollution that don't work.