Environment

Compiled by reporters from both WCMU and IPR, this community resource project takes the form of a timeline that highlights 31 key events in the pipeline’s story in the Straits of Mackinac.

State submits bid for federal "hot spot" wildlife crossing funding to reduce wildlife/car collisions

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development are issuing an interior quarantine in some northern Michigan forests to stop the spread of the balsam woolly adelgid.

Enbridge wants to build a new 41-mile section of pipeline to take Line 5 around the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reservation. Opponents want Line 5 shut down.

An $11.9 million NOAA grant puts the tribe and its partners one step closer to regaining ownership of the former Timber Shores site.

After legal challenges from environmental groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to reconsider its decision to not protect the Kirtland's snake under the Endangered Species Act.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a new agreement Monday to try to prevent invasive carp from reaching Lake Michigan.

Midland woman asks the community to not throw their crayons away. She collects them to be recycled and donated to children's hospitals.

It’s National Pollinator Week, an annual event created to bring attention to the sharp decline in pollinator numbers due to habitat loss, pesticide use and climate change. Butterflies often capture people’s attention and help spark interest in pollinator conservation, something butterfly farms are helping promote.

Wave energy converters use the movement of the water to generate electricity. A research team from the University of Michigan will spend the next couple years developing a prototype to install in the waters off the island.