Tag: lakes
Small city’s ‘community carbon fund’ promises hyper-local carbon reduction
By Emilio Perez Ibarguen
In 2023, community organizers from the outdoor Discovery Center, an outdoor education and conservation-focused nonprofit in Holland, Michigan looked for ways to further sustainability efforts in the west Michigan community. This led to a partnership with another local nonprofit to create the Carbon Community Fund, which accepts donations from residents to fund local conservation efforts.
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Points North: The Pink Prairie Mascot
By Claire Keenan-Kurgan, Interlochen Public Radio
Points North is a biweekly podcast about the land, water and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.
This episode was shared here with permission from Interlochen Public Radio.
Back in the summer of 2014, a botanist named Rachel Goad was on a canoe trip to see a very rare flower.
Off-trail ORVs destroy Michigan ecosystems and the DNR can’t keep up
Off-road vehicles have been allowed on state forest land since 2018. But sometimes they blaze their own trails. Now, things are at a breaking point.
Great Lakes have entered era of extreme temps, study finds
University of Michigan researchers have confirmed increasing cold snaps and heat waves on the Great Lakes….
Ohio Department of Agriculture receives $1M grant to expand conservation of Western Lake Erie Basin
The U.S. EPA’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative awarded the Ohio Department of Agriculture a $1 million grant to help expand conservation efforts in the Western Lake Erie Basin to help […]