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Michigan is selling over 120 plots of land. Why?
By Emilio Perez Ibarguen
Lakefront property in Wexford County, 40-plus acres of forested land in the Upper Peninsula and a tiny island sitting in the middle of Lake Ponemah are up for grabs this year. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is auctioning off those and over 100 other “surplus properties” that officials say are better off in private hands, with the proceeds helping the state acquire more useful land.
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Scholten touts $2.1 million grant to design lamprey barrier for Grand Rapids
As the city moves forward on plans to alter dams to restore rapids downtown, a new barrier could stop sea lamprey from spawning upstream.
Southeast Michigan residents rally against radioactive waste shipments
People in Belleville are asking state lawmakers and the courts to prevent a local waste facility from accepting low-level radioactive waste from the early days of the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
I Speak for the Fish: Swiping right on native fish
I Speak for the Fish is a column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor Kathy Johnson. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS. Check out her previous columns.
There’s a fish project in Northern Michigan that is exciting researchers from around the world.
2 Great Lakes right at warmest level in 30 years
Two of the Great Lakes, Lake Huron and Lake Ontario, are within a fraction of a degree of their warmest surface water temperature measured in the past 30 years. Read […]