ecology

Today, what's happening with the new data center being developed by Google in Van Buren Township? And, the latest on the water main break in Oakland County over the weekend. Then, a return to a conversation about vernal pools. Plus, a musician's upcoming performance in Detroit focuses on the subtlety of sound. Last, what high numbers of pink salmon could mean for the Great Lakes.

First, the consequences of inflated property tax assessments. Then, the resistance behind renewable energy projects. Later, a look into inland-water ecosystems.

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.

A conversation with the United States Ambassador to Ukraine, a new dark comedy TV series called "Diarra from Detroit," and conservation efforts happening at one of Michigan’s most important wetlands.

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.

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.

Michigan Technological University's wolf-moose study is the longest running predator-prey study in the world. Surveying was suspended this year because of prolonged warm temperatures melting some of the ice pack on Isle Royale.

Billions of periodical cicadas from Brood XIII and Brood XIX will emerge this spring; some of the insects could reach southern parts of Michigan.

Black ash trees are threatened by the invasive emerald ash borer. Indigenous groups have used the trees for traditional basket making for generations. New research from Michigan State University explores the link between the pest and the basket making tradition.

Observers have been flocking to Saline since last Wednesday to get a glimpse of a roseate spoonbill, a bird more typically found along the Gulf Coast…