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How community gardens serve as ‘third places’ for Detroiters
Toward the end of 2023, I was newly unemployed and living by myself for the first time.
In between jobs, searching for employment and a means of fulfillment and community, I began to reflect on how my mom got into gardening. In the dead of winter, memories of childhood summers spent pulling weeds, tilling soil and fleeing the occasional garter snake alongside her began to color my mind.
A changing ecosystem is depleting the whitefish population in the Great Lakes
Commercial fishing on the Great Lakes was built on lake whitefish, but for the past two decades, that species has been on the decline. It’s now on the brink of […]
Baranyai: Liberal Leader Carney is no technocrat
Mark Carney is a political newcomer with a career in crisis management.
Trail Talk: Ticked off by a tick
Columnist Patrick Capper was bitten by a black-legged tick after a recent early spring hike
Michigan DNR says as bears continue to venture south, we can take steps to live with them
The bear population of Michigan has been increasing in recent years. There’s also been a trend of finding bears farther south and west in the northern Lower Peninsula. The Michigan DNR says there are steps you can take to reduce conflicts.