The fund provides grants and support to help Black growers purchase land, build infrastructure, and achieve food sovereignty.

The Great Lakes Piping Plover almost became extinct. Only 12 nesting pairs were counted in Michigan 1990. Now, so far, officials have counted 90 nesting pairs, and not just in Michigan.

It’s not actually a worm. It’s a parasitic fly. The fly’s larvae burrow into and feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals, including humans. The current infestation has been detected in cattle, goats, and sheep in Texas and New Mexico.

Harmful algal blooms make water unsafe to drink and swim in. Here's how farmers and residents can help preserve Michigan's water.

More than 1 in 3 World Cup matches face dangerously hot, humid weather. Here's how to protect yourself from heat illness.

A conversation about why Michigan swamplands are disappearing and what that means for our state's environment. Also, a Detroit poet shared her summer memories on Boblo Island.

They're the first and only city in the state of Michigan to incorporate artificial intelligence into maintaining its urban forest, which consists of over 40,000 trees.

Officials are planning to release mile-a-minute weevils in four sites in Calhoun County in mid June, in an attempt to target an invasive vine species.

Some Michigan House Democrats are adding onto a plan they’re calling a "Ratepayer Bill of Rights."

Consumers Energy wants to sell its 13 hydroelectric dams to an out of state private equity firm. But an administrative law judge says the plan should be rejected because it's not in the public interest.

Eight people connected with the University of Michigan have been charged for a "threat campaign" to push the university to divest from Israel. How high gas prices are impacting boaters this summer. And, remembering the 1994 World Cup games played at Michigan's Pontiac Silverdome and how the city is embracing the tournament this summer. Plus, what's behind the decrease in union membership in Michigan.

How parents are dealing with the closure of four schools in the Detroit Public Schools Community District. Plus, understanding the civil engineering and community collaboration behind The Border to Border Trail.

Those for and those against constructing a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac are making their cases. A comment period for the necessary permits from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy ends this Friday.

Cigarette butts are one of the most common kind of plastic pollution found on Great Lakes beaches.

Economists at the University of Michigan's Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics forecast have to negotiate around some uncertainties because of tariffs.

A circuit court judge in Lansing has denied a request by Enbridge to put a hold on the state court case filed by Attorney General Dana Nessel. The AG took Enbridge to court six years ago.

In 2024 the National Resources Commission limited hunting on public lands during the period coyotes have young pups dependent on their parents. The NRC has reinstated the year-round hunt season that was in place since 2016 to keep the coyote population suppressed. Year-round hunting has always been allowed for private landowners on their own property.

A giant wooden "nature megaphone" built by local high school students is now open to the public. The megaphone next to the Belle Isle Nature Center amplifies the sound of nature when you're inside it.

A number of deteriorating dams have been torn down and streams restored. It's expensive, and Michigan's budget is facing challenges.

The International Joint Commission has issued a draft report on Protection of the Waters of the Great Lakes, a ten-year review on the consumptive use, diversion, and removal of water from the Great Lakes.

In the last three decades of data from butterfly counts in the Midwest, none of the butterfly species increased in population. More than 40% declined in number.

The EPA proposes rescinding the "endangerment finding" that found climate change was harmful to people and greenhouse gases should be restricted. The Trump administration says the "endangerment finding" is costing the economy $54 billion a year. Doctors say the cost to people's health will be higher.