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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A federal judge agreed with the groups that a local fruit processor is polluting groundwater, a wetland and a creek that connect to Elk Lake. -
Fish in Michigan's inland lakes are shrinking because of climate change, according to a new study from the University of Michigan. -
A workshop in Gaylord will walk landowners through the tax deduction process. -
The release follows years of planning and months spent carefully raising the fish, from which the City of Grayling got its name. -
They say they'll talk about reducing the damages after Peninsula Township considers their revised zoning rules, which were deemed unconstitutional by a judge this summer. -
With little pine left to harvest, foresters and sawmills worry what the next several years will look like until newly planted trees can replace what the ice storm took away. -
There's concern that without a revenue increase, the state's fish stocking programs, which include species like salmon, steelhead and walleye, will be reduced. -
The money was slotted for stream restoration and farmland preservation across the region. -
The association is still suing the developer of Sunkissed Hills, a housing development which violated a soil erosion permit in 2023. -
Some argue baiting helps hunters kill more deer, curbing the spread of disease. Scientists say that's risky.
