TRAVERSE CITY - Grand Traverse Bay, renowned for its calm waters and maritime legacy, hides a fascinating past beneath its surface. Over the years, explorers have uncovered numerous shipwrecks that reflect the bay’s significance as a hub for 19th and 20th-century trade. Now, a groundbreaking discovery is adding a prehistoric twist to its historical narrative. Dr.
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum and Lakeshore Sustainability Forum will welcome back professionals from across the region for a joint event on August 9 highlighting major sustainability initiatives underway on the Lakeshore. Featured speakers include Marty Gerencer, Executive Director of West Michigan Food Processing Association, Wendy Ogilvie, Director of Environmental Programs for
ANN ARBOR—A new study from the University of Michigan asserts that targets to reduce phosphorous outputs from the Detroit area to control toxic blooms of cyanobacteria in Lake Erie are unrealistic if the phosphorous inputs from Lake Huron aren’t controlled as well. In an effort to control the cyanobacteria blooms and dead zones that plague
HOUGHTON - Michigan Technological University will lead a team of experts in evaluating the economic and environmental impacts of a “worst case scenario” spill or release from the Line 5 Straits Pipelines. The State of Michigan announced Friday that it reached a contract agreement with Michigan Tech to have Guy Meadows lead an independent risk analysis of
LANSING - With a final decision expected next week, Attorney General Bill Schuette joined the array of Michigan public officials opposing plans to allow Waukesha, Wisconsin, to use water from Lake Michigan. Schuette co-signed a letter Wednesday with U.S. Rep. Candice Miller (R-Harrison Township), who had earlier co-signed a similar letter with U.S. Rep. Debbie
LANSING - Waukesha could qualify to draw its water from Lake Michigan, but only with some changes to its application, a regional advisory body said Wednesday. Most importantly for the community, it would not be able to serve as many customers as proposed under the recommendation. The Wisconsin community is the first to apply under the
GREEN BAY - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and The Nature Conservancy on Wednesday announced the expansion of the Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge to include most of St. Martin Island and all of Rocky Island in Lake Michigan. The expansion adds another 1,290 acres to the 330-acre refuge, part of the Grand Traverse
