Author: Bridge Michigan
‘Forest-to-table’: Rural, Indigenous communities rely on forests for food, medicine and cultural values, research shows
This article was republished here with permission from Great Lakes Echo.
By Victoria Witke, Great Lakes Echo
When Roger LaBine was younger, he often drove his grandfather to the Ottawa National Forest to hunt porcupines.
“In the fall after the leaves had fallen, he’d take the .22 when we’d go out and hunt porcupine,” LaBine said.
Susan Crawford’s Wisconsin Supreme Court win could be a win for PFAS
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On Tuesday, April 1, Susan Crawford won Wisconsin’s contentious Supreme Court election.
Experts explain criticality of regional EPA office
Change is happening since Donald Trump took office and began making good on campaign pledges to reduce the size and scope of the work of the federal agencies that serve the country.
And the 50-year-old focus of the U.S. EPA to protect the environment has not been immune.
Could the Great Lakes lose billions in restoration funding?
The Great Lakes, the world’s largest system of fresh surface water, supply drinking water to about 40 million people. But industrial pollution, agricultural runoff, and invasive species have caused significant problems. The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) was created to address these issues and has received bipartisan support since its inception.
Autoworkers’ long history of protecting our environment
Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS.
April 22, 1970 was the first Earth Day. On that day, two boats — one with an American flag representing American autoworkers and one with a Canadian flag representing Canadian autoworkers — met in the middle of the Detroit River to hold a wake, symbolizing the death of the river from pollution.