Author: Bridge Michigan
NOAA federal firings hit Ann Arbor’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been targeted in the most recent round of federal firings.Of the hundreds of NOAA staff who were fired on Thursday, eight were from the Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab in Ann Arbor.
Stateside: Friday, Feb. 28, 2025
First, the funding future for the Department of Natural Resources. Next, a look at snowmobiling in Michigan. Then, a conversation with Michigan’s newest Poet Laureate: Melba Boyd. Plus, a glimpse of an incredibly rare bird.
“Protection of Michigan’s woods and waters starts with you.” DNR urges public involvement during National Invasive Species Awareness week
It’s National Invasive Species Awareness week, and Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources is urging Michiganders to learn more about invasive species prevention.
Holtec agrees to buy new, smaller nuclear reactors at Palisades site
Holtec wants to install the nation’s first small nuclear reactors at the Palisades plant in Southwest Michigan, but first it would have to win regulatory approval.
Stateside Podcast: New film tells story of sea lamprey control in the Great Lakes
Mike Siefkes, director of sea lamprey control, and Lindsey Haskin, director of The Fish Thief, discuss the impact of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.