Tag: fish
Suicides plague Michigan farms. Michigan just ended money to help
Stress over weather and markets to sell their products has endangered family farms. And now, state funding for farmer mental health counseling is gone — not among the items renewed in this year’s budget.
Whitmer signs petition urging EPA to monitor microplastics in drinking water
Governor Gretchen Whitmer is joining six other governors in formally requesting federal drinking water monitoring systems for microplastics across the country.
What will it take to stop invasive mussels?
Invasive quagga mussels have taken over the lakes, severely threatening native species like whitefish. So what can we do? Researchers like Harvey Bootsma are exploring different ways to control mussel […]
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Historic records show warming lakes are shrinking Michigan fish
Many of Michigan’s most popular fish are getting smaller as inland lakes warm, according to a new University of Michigan study that analyzed more than 75 years of records from […]
Michiganders urge regulators not to rush approval for data center power plan
Residents attended a protest in Detroit and a virtual public hearing to demand more scrutiny towards DTE’s proposal to power a 1.4 gigawatt data center coming to Saline Township.