Tag: Michigan
Michigan communities invest millions in their rivers. Will it bring returns?
On a recent sunny fall morning, a couple dozen people paddled in bright-colored kayaks past factories, a docked freighter and miniature mountains of industrial materials on southeast Michigan’s Lower Rouge River.
Michigan communities invest millions in their rivers. Will it bring returns?
Communities in Michigan are investing heavily in river restoration projects, hoping for environmental and economic benefits.
The doctor is on the road: Traverse City mobile clinic brings medicine to northern Michigan
It can be hard to get to the doctor regularly for vulnerable communities. A Traverse City nonprofit is bringing doctors to patients who need them most with a free clinic on wheels.
Shifting sand is natural to Michigan’s dunes; how to cope is controversial
By Olivia O’Neill
Great Lakes sand dunes, especially those on the Lake Michigan shoreline, are threatened by erosion and fluctuating water levels, but there’s disagreement on alternative approaches to effectively address the problems.
Michigan under pressure to end âorphan taxâ on benefits for foster youth
A new Michigan law conserves a portion of federal benefits for former foster youth when they age out. But advocates, and the federal government, say that more should be done….