Author: Owen Sound Sun Times
Forestry company cancels plans to spray herbicides over Crown land along Lake Huron’s north shore
Following a protest by First Nations and environmentalists of the planned use of herbicides along Lake Huron’s shoreline, a forestry company has cancelled plans to spray herbicides that contain the […]
Scientists wonder if Lake Superior can continue to avoid an invasion of mussels
Lake Superior is the lone holdout in a mussel invasion that has overtaken every other Great Lake, a salvation credited to low calcium levels, cold water, and relative isolation. But […]
Prairie above, forest below: Tawas Lake is home to Michigan’s largest wild rice bed
Tawas Lake, a 1,600-acre inland lake not far from Lake Huron, is home to Michigan’s largest bed of native wild rice, called manoomin in the Native Anishinaabemowin language. A new […]
Opponents and supporters working to influence EGLE permits decisions on Enbridge Line 5 tunnel proposal
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, […]
More than 2 dozen waterspouts seen on Great Lakes. Why there were so many on Sunday
Waterspouts swept across the Great Lakes this past weekend as a cold front moved into the region from Canada, and the region may see more in the coming days, weather […]