conservation

Canadians celebrated the opening of the long-awaited Gordie Howe International Bridge. Why weren't American officials invited? Also, how the war in Gaza has shifted the opinions of Michigan’s Jewish voters ahead of a tight Democratic primary. And, a book about the threats to American birds—from Victorian hats to feral cats.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer named the Wood Duck Michigan’s state duck. Unlike the state bird, known for being found statewide, the state duck was recognized to celebrate its comeback as a major conservation success.

Today, a Michigan economist who studies consumer habits talks about what’s going on this holiday season, and the outlook for next year. Also, ecologist David Strayer pulls back the curtain on the most interesting ecosystem you’ve never seen on a poster: life in fresh water.

Robin Michigiizhigookwe Clark is the first Anishinaabe woman to serve on the Michigan’s Natural Resource Commission.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has been working to secure a conservation easement in the western Upper Peninsula. Recently awarded grants worth one million dollars will help with the project.

A new wildlife tracking tower in Ann Arbor will track migratory birds, bats, and butterflies. The tower fills an important gap in a statewide network of towers.

The federally threatened eastern massasauga rattlesnake is Michigan's only venomous snake species. The John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids is working to preserve the species with field monitoring and captive breeding. Michigan has the most eastern massasaugas out of all the states where they're found.

How to protect yourself from the wildfire smoke. Then, green burials in West Michigan and revisiting a culinary prison education project in Coldwater, MI.

Chances are you've seen a Poweshiek skipperling butterfly and not even known it. But the moth-like insects are rapidly disappearing from their native Midwestern prairies.

Today, we revisited some stories about our pleasant peninsula, and people working to preserve it. We heard about the use of plastic bags, Cheboygan County's sturgeon guard, and life in Michigan's vernal pools.