Tag: wetlands
Marijuana farm loses court fight over clearing protected wetlands
A judge has ruled that a marijuana grower illegally cleared nearly 16 acres of protected wetlands while building a large cannabis farm in northern Michigan. Read the full story by […]
DeWine uses Toledo stop to make case for H2Ohio’s future
Ohio Gov. DeWine visited Toledo to highlight H2Ohio’s work to create and restore wetlands to improve Ohio’s water quality over the long term. Read the full story by the Toledo […]
Water quality monitoring continues after plastics factory catches fire
State and local agencies are continuing to monitor and clean up contamination from the 2025 East Jordan Plastics fire in South Haven, Michigan, focusing on plastic debris and potential pollutants […]
Space Squeeze Forces Solar Developers To Get Creative
A high density racking system enables a new 11-megawatt solar power plant to fit inside a constrained, irregular parcel of land in the city of Elgin, Illinois.
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Insects offer new hope in Michigan State University’s fight against forever chemicals
Researchers at Michigan State University are exploring an unexpected new tool that could reshape how scientists detect so-called forever chemicals in lakes, rivers and wetlands across the Great Lakes. Scientists have discovered that locusts can sniff out PFAS contaminants down to parts per trillion, a level of detection far beyond most conventional sensors. The new […]