Environment & Sustainability

Coverage of green innovations, and climate and environment issues and developments, especially those told by local voices and that offer solutions for community concerns.

Grand Marais teen’s habitat project could shape how schools do conservation

Sixteen-year-old Will Paul's deer habitat improvement project became a community affair, with students, teachers and others helping to plant a variety of trees and shrubs to create a diverse habitat. The project serves as a model for community-driven conservation efforts. 

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A fundraiser for the "Big Annie" statue earlier this year at the Orpheum Theater in Hancock.
Plans for ‘Big Annie’ statue get major fundraising boost

The America 250MI Committee has awarded $50,000 to the Big Annie Statue Project in Calumet. The money will help build a statue to honor Anna “Big Annie” Klobuchar Clemenec, a prominent labor activist during the early 20th century.

Back from the Brink: Lake Trout rebound in Lake Superior

A successful decades-long effort to restore native lake trout to Lake Superior marks a triumph for tribal, state and federal partners

Michigan's first mass timber building built with Michigan wood.
DNR marks mass timber milestone with Newberry building

The new DNR Customer Service Center in Newberry is Michigan's first mass timber building constructed with Michigan wood.   

A stone fireplace adds to the winery's cozy charm.
From Munising to Memphis: Two U.P. brothers’ journey to winemaking in rural Michigan

Brothers Mike and Jeff Dausey have transformed a former wine shop and antique store into a flourishing winery in a rural area northeast of Metro Detroit. 

Artwork from children in Taiwan.
4-H art exchange program connects U.P. and rural Michigan students with China and beyond

School children in the U.P. and across rural Michigan have been exchanging their artwork with students in China and elsewhere. Thanks to the Michigan 4-H China Project, students don't have to travel across the globe to gain cultural awareness.

In Detroit, a truck drives on Jefferson Ave. while smoke billows from Zug Island.
Wayne County air quality monitors alert residents and inspire clean air action

Wayne County is tackling its air quality crisis with a new network of 100 hyperlocal monitors, launched in partnership with environmental service company JustAir to track pollution in real time.

Annual Michigan Outdoor Summit celebrates, strengthens outdoors communities

The annual Michigan Outdoors Summit in Traverse City brings together a host of players in the diverse outdoors sector. Their goal? To celebrate the outdoors and encourage more Michiganders to appreciate the natural beauty around them. 

Art installation revives human presence at Quincy Mine

The stories of the miners and their families have largely faded from the mines of the Keweenaw Peninsula. But a new art installation at Quincy Mine aims to change that, reviving a human presence at the historical site.

The trail to sustainability

A coalition of trail users and others have come together to create a strategic plan to maintain and protect Marquette County's 900 miles of non-motorized recreation trails.

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