Environment

University of Illinois researchers analyzed traces of DNA in rivers and streams to learn how strips of trees near water — called riparian buffers — impact land species.

Michigan's Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) just released their annual State of the Great Lakes Report. The publication underscores the progress and challenges of managing the world's largest freshwater system.

The nonprofit organization ReLeaf Michigan organized the 2025 Big Tree Hunt.

The bill removes the gray wolf from the endangered species list, and allows states to make their own decisions on managing wolf populations.

The attitudes of UP residents toward wolves are split, says a new study, with more than 60% of those surveyed favoring reducing the wolf population, motivated mostly by worries over risks to livestock, deer and human safety.

Holtec Internation had been saying it planned to resume generating power by the end of 2025. That timeline has now shifted to the start of the new year.

Some tree farms in the central U.S. are selling more potted Christmas trees as people seek out an eco-friendly option or look to get more than one use out of their evergreens.

The U.S. Geological Survey has begun large-scale low-level airplane flights over the UP and northern Wisconsin to obtain high-resolution data on subsurface mineral structures and bedrock composition.

Public comments are due by the end of the week after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed a tunnel alternative last month.

Line 5 transports up to 22.68 million gallons of crude oil and natural gas liquids through the Straits of Mackinac each day, with one University of Michigan researcher pointing to the region as the worst place for a Great Lakes Oil Spill.