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Feature HomepageForests and PlantsLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchPoints North: Rekindling Wilderness
-The idea that wilderness is untouched by man is written into law, but it’s not so accurate. Humans have used fire to shape many places we call “wilderness.”
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Watch out! Creepy kudzu coming?
-Kudzo is on the list of plants and animals that pose an immediate or potential threat to Michigan’s economy, environment or human health.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeFeature HomepageForests and PlantsGrand RapidsLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsOntarioScience, Technology, ResearchMichigan under statewide advisory as Canada wildfire smoke hits Midwest
-Millions of Michiganders are under advisory through Wednesday after air currents pushed smoke from Canada wildfires to Michigan and other parts of the Midwest.
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Climate ChangeCollaborationFeature HomepageForests and PlantsLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsIt isn’t arson: untangling climate misinformation around Canada’s raging wildfires
-Politicians — and people online — are peddling dangerous ideas about what’s causing Canada’s wildfires. Here’s what you need to know.
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Nibi Chronicles: We are still here, and so is great grandma’s lilac
-It was early November 2019 and downtown Grand Marais was preparing for a two-year highway project. Trees—big and small, were being marked for disposal and cut down all along the Highway 61 corridor.
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsGary WilsonHabitat RestorationLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsLandmark Great Lakes coastal wetland program continues restoration drive that began in 2010
-Climate change is causing scientists to cope with unpredictable challenges.
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Climate ChangeDetroitFeature DetroitFeature HomepageForests and PlantsLake OntarioLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioScience, Technology, ResearchTorontoWildfire smoke can harm human health, even when the fire is hundreds of miles away – a toxicologist explains why
-Chances are, if you’re a healthy individual, going for a bike ride or a hike in light haze won’t be a big deal, and your body will be able to recover.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeBill aims to allow backyard wildlife feeding, but critics fear deer disease
-State Rep. Ken Borton wants to allow recreational wildlife and bird feeding to be protected. He said the intent is to allow feeding of squirrels and other small animals. But state wildlife officials say that would encourage deer and elk to congregate, spreading disease.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsNewsScience Says WhatScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekScience Says What? Looking for love as northern forests heat up
-Today, southern flying squirrels are routinely found in Ontario’s Algonquin Park, roughly 62 miles (100 km) from their historic northern limit and solidly in the territory of a separate species of squirrel – northern flying squirrels.
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AuthorsClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsHabitat RestorationNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience Says WhatScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekWater Quality and Restoration EffortsScience Says What? What’s up with dissolved organic carbon (AKA why is my local stream murky?)
-If you’ve noticed your local waterway turning a deeper shade of brown over the past few decades, you’re not alone. Scientists in the Great Lakes region have noticed the same thing.
