
Ellie Katz
IPR environment reporterEllie Katz joined IPR in June 2023 after working in podcasting and radio, including stints at Heritage Radio Network, FRQNCY Media, Stitcher and Michigan Radio.
She's reported on Detroit's roller derby league, dining in the metaverse, knights' training for the restaurant chain Medieval Times, and more. She also co-wrote season three of the climate change podcast A Matter of Degrees -- she's thrilled to continue similar work as IPR's environmental reporter.
Ellie first visited Interlochen as a middle school camper shortly after moving to Michigan. She's happy to have considered the state home ever since, and even happier to be back at Interlochen.
Send story ideas, tips and your favorite gravel bike routes to ellie.katz@interlochen.org.
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Sugar maples recover better than most species, according to a researcher at the University of Vermont.
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By some estimates, tens of millions of trees could be damaged.
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One has funding delayed on nearly half its projects.
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The species' hyper-specific jack pine habitat was in the path of the ice storm, but DNR officials say it was left mostly unscathed.
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One scientist thinks the next two decades could bring a higher risk for more frequent, severe freezing rain events.
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Last month's federal staffing cuts and hiring freezes threatened the sea lamprey control program. Now, it has permission to rehire the staff it originally planned to.
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Seasonal federal workers help control the eel-like, parasitic fish each year.
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A small, dwindling percentage of the population — hunters and anglers — funds a huge chunk of fish and wildlife conservation in Michigan.
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River stocking could save whitefish. Scientists in northern Michigan are still trying to figure out the best way to do it.
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The program’s director says more planes help meet demand for pilot training.