Report for America

Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse spoke with Grand Traverse County commissioners during their meeting Wednesday morning, in hopes of finalizing a plan to extend their services year-round.

A northern Michigan homeowner was surprised to see a hummingbird at his feeder in the middle of winter. But the intrigue only increased when the little bird turned out to be a species that's native to the West Coast.

The arctic grayling vanished from Michigan in the 1930s, but the salmon-like fish could soon make a comeback. Around 500,000 fertilized eggs could be stocked this spring.

A panel of judges in Lansing heard arguments Tuesday morning concerning a state permit that’s necessary for the proposed Line 5 tunnel in the Mackinac Straits. WCMU's All Things Considered host David Nicholas spoke with reporter Teresa Homsi about the appeal.

A plan from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to potentially lease more than 400 acres of state land in the Gaylord area for solar development has stirred up a range of responses.

After sitting for more than a decade, cleanup of a contaminated superfund site in northern Michigan will pick back up, thanks to some federal funding.

An Alpena student is trying to reduce textile waste and raise awareness on sustainable clothing in her community through a series of local projects.

Ice cover on the Great Lakes is slightly down for this time of year, but snowfall and temperatures averaged out for the month of December, according to the National Weather Service.

A limestone quarry on Drummond Island in the eastern Upper Peninsula is receiving $10 million in federal funding to upgrade its operations.

The pandemic has had several long-term impacts on the economy, education and public health. But it's also still affecting Great Lakes fisheries — as invasive sea lamprey numbers remain higher than normal across the region.