Agriculture Great Lakes Now Michigan

Empowering Environmental Stewardship: How Barn Sanctuary Champions Compassion and Conservation in the Great Lakes

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Empowering Environmental Stewardship: How Barn Sanctuary Champions Compassion and Conservation in the Great Lakes

The Great Lakes, a vital freshwater expanse for millions, face an ongoing environmental crisis. Beneath the vast waters lies a significant threat: pollution stemming largely from agricultural runoff. This flow of excess nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen contributes to harmful algal blooms and expanding “dead zones,” jeopardizing ecosystems, water quality and public health across the region.

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Agriculture Clean Technica Climate change Health

Are There Practical Solutions To Methane Emissions From Cattle?

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Today is the 4th of July in the US. Around the country people will be firing up their grills and eating juicy hamburgers. Few party-goers, though, will think about the methane emissions that result from vast herds of US factory farmed-cattle. Scientists have been trying for years to find just … [continued]

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How America’s prairie was nearly destroyed — and why it should be restored

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How America’s prairie was nearly destroyed — and why it should be restored

By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.

The American prairie was so vast, so alien, it shattered comprehension.

Newcomers to the seemingly endless grasslands that once spanned approximately a quarter of North America often hit a psychic wall, descending into fits of mania.

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Petition seeks state listing of wolves as bills seek to remove federal protections

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Petition seeks state listing of wolves as bills seek to remove federal protections

By Danielle Kaeding, Wisconsin Public Radio

This article was republished here with permission from Wisconsin Public Radio.

Conservation advocates are petitioning the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to list the gray wolf as a state-threatened or endangered species as Republicans in Congress seek to remove federal protections for the animal.

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