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 full-time mussel biologist is joining the DNR's ranks. The agency has several mussel experts, but this will be the first scientist entirely devoted to the creatures. They'll help kickstart a two-year project on Michigan's native and invasive mussels. -
The city will work with state and federal agencies to kill 20 to 40 deer after years of complaints from residents. -
The bill, introduced in the state legislature last week, could allow commercial harvest of once off-limit game fish like walleye, yellow perch and lake trout. -
Michigan growers are expected to harvest about 32 million bushels of apples this season, as much as last year’s record-breaking crop. But so many apples can create other challenges. -
An open letter from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources deer biologist Chad Stewart encouraged hunters to rethink their hunting philosophy and harvest more antlerless deer, like does and young males. -
A viticulture extension educator in northwest Michigan is testing whether lasers could be an effective bird repellent for grape growers. -
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was in Traverse City on Wednesday, promoting state funding for free meals in public schools — for all students. -
The National Cherry Festival wraps up this weekend in Traverse City, but the cherry harvest has just begun. -
Platte River State Fish Hatchery in Beulah just wrapped up its first week generating solar power.
