Author: Interlochen Public Radio
How farmer-led research could revolutionize the relationship between agriculture and researchers
The relationship between farmers and researchers has not always been a collaborative one. Douglas Jackson-Smith, professor and Kellogg Endowed Chair of Agroecosystem Management in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University, wants to change that. For decades, researchers and farmers have largely worked in siloes only coming together when the scientists have research that points to something to preserve soil health like crop cover or crop rotation.
Michigan EV industry on a knife-edge as energy project delays mount across region
Catch the latest energy news from around the Great Lakes region. Check back for these biweekly Energy News Roundups.
Michigan’s investments in electric vehicle manufacturing are in jeopardy following what the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency called the “most consequential day of deregulation in U.S.
After 132 years, team finds wreck of the Western Reserve in Lake Superior
By Danielle Kaeding, Wisconsin Public Radio
This article was republished here with permission from Wisconsin Public Radio.
The gales of Lake Superior thrashed against the Western Reserve when it cracked in half with 28 souls aboard on Aug. 30, 1892.
The roughly 300-foot steel steamer had been considered one of the safest afloat when it was built in 1890, faster and stronger than wooden steamers common at the time.
I Speak for the Fish: Is it a rainbow trout or a steelhead?
Rainbow trout and steelhead are two of the most popular sport fish in the Great Lakes. They also hold three spots on my lifetime list of all-time great dives.
An 8-inch juvenile rainbow was the first fish I ever hand-fed in the Great Lakes. My partner, Greg Lashbrook, and I had fed fish before at several different Caribbean dive resorts.
Cougar cubs found in U.P. for first time in more than a century
By Katie Thoresen, WXPR
This story was originally published by WXPR. WXPR is a community-licensed public radio station serving north central Wisconsin and adjacent areas of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Listen to their stories here.
Cougar cubs have been found in Michigan.