wetlands

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has released its first status report on the wetlands in our state. You can think of wetlands as nature’s…

The Obama administration has finalized new regulations meant to clarify which bodies of water are protected under the Clean Water Act.The new rule was…

Frogs really sing in earnest after dark.They drink and breathe through their skin without a filter and are very sensitive to environmental changes.…

Nobody grows more blueberries in the U.S. than Michigan. In the past, many growers were exempt from wetland regulations. But the federal Environmental…

Michigan has lost millions of acres of wetlands over the last century. But the state’s still got roughly five million acres left. “Wetlands are really,…

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - For the second time in recent years, the Michigan Legislature is rewriting environmental laws in ways that critics say would…

Wetlands can be a thorn in the side for some developers. They stand in the way of new construction and there are so many rules and regulations for…

Purple Loosestrife is a widespread invasive plant. It’s taken over wetlands in every state in the US except Florida. But now, scientists consider Purple…

It’s been more than a year since a pipeline owned by Enbridge Energy ruptured. More than 843,000 gallons of tar sands oil spilled into Talmadge Creek and…

A few years back, we at the Environment Report did a comprehensive series called, "The Ten Threats to the Great Lakes." Doing our best to make it…