Tag: Population
Call for more air quality monitors in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
By Naomi Maxwell
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy has only two air quality monitors in the Upper Peninsula, one near Marquette and the other in Seney National Wildlife Refuge. The Michigan Environmental Council and other organizations say that’s too few to protect public health in light of worsening wildfires and wildfire smoke.
Wisconsin successfully restores habitat for piping plovers after 49 years with no sightings
By Anna Wildman
A stretch of Lake Superior beach in northern Wisconsin will remain closed to the public next spring and summer with the hopes of luring back a nesting pair of endangered piping plovers, which were recently spotted there for the first time in nearly a half century.
Sturgeon Fest releases 1,500 fish with hopes of boosting Lake Erie population
Sturgeon Fest released 1,500 baby sturgeon into the Maumee River to help restore historic populations on Saturday. 1,200 visitors came to help with the restoration effort and learn about the fish
Suburban Chicago has greater tree canopy inequity than the city, study finds
By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva
Most Americans live in suburbs and beyond urban centers, but inequities in tree canopy distribution are primarily studied in major cities. However, a new study of the Chicago region found that the highest level of tree canopy inequity was in the suburbs.
Michigan may adopt grey wolf hunting season if federal protections are lifted
By Alexander Boesch
President Trump has ordered the U.S. Department of the Interior to consider removing the grey wolf from the federal Endangered Species List. If that happens, some Republican state lawmakers want Michigan to authorize a hunting and trapping season.