Beth Weiler
Newsroom InternBeth Weiler is a newsroom and digital intern covering the environment. She graduated from the University of Michigan where she studied pollinator ecology and also fell in love with frogs, salamanders and snakes. She loves story-telling and photography, and is making the shift from ecology into environmental journalism.
She has previously worked as an ecologist, horticulturist, and research technician on a variety of ecological projects. You can find her – with her camera and nets – flipping logs and wading in muck to find critters. She enjoys reading environmental non-fiction, traveling, gardening, listening to electronic music (shoutout to Detroit, birthplace of techno!), and adventuring with her dog, Birdie.
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The next time a solar eclipse's path of totality will pass through Michigan? September 14, 2099. -
A group of Michigan Public listeners embarked on a journey through Costa Rica with hosts Rebecca Williams and Jaci Kovala. -
Listen to Michigan is leveraging political power by casting "uncommitted" votes rather than voting for President Joe Biden in the 2024 primary. -
Historical average ice cover for the Great Lakes in mid-February is 40-45%; the current ice cover on the Great Lakes is just 2.9%. -
Shipwreck researcher Dan Fountain, with help from the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, recently found the wreck of the merchant ship Arlington under more than 600 feet of water in Lake Superior. -
Michigan's black bear population is growing. Officials from the Michigan DNR say there are more than 12,000 bears across the northern parts of the state. -
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently released 1,800 Arctic grayling in three lakes. The fish are surplus fish from a broodstock at the Marquette State Fish Hatchery, which is raising grayling that they hope will reproduce. -
Blue-spotted salamanders and other amphibian species migrate annually to unique habitats called vernal pools. The Superior Watershed Partnership plans to use grant money from the DNR to build tunnels for the salamanders to use, to protect them during their migration. -
The U.S. EPA strengthened its soot air quality standard from 12 micrograms per liter to 9 micrograms. Members of the Great Lakes Business Network are happy with the rule. -
The Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail stretches about 20 miles through Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. A new segment of the trail would add about five miles, but require the removal of over 7,200 trees, according to one independent analysis.
