Heavy rains are taking a toll on the collection of fishing shanties in the Leelanau Peninsula, eroding some buildings and flooding others. That’s accelerating a fundraising effort to preserve the buildings.
Jim Malewitz
Jim Malewitz is the former environmental reporter for Bridge.
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Michigan environment roundup: Asian carp move closer to the Great Lakes
The latest can’t-miss journalism about Michigan’s natural resources.
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Report: Tug dragged 6-ton anchor for days after denting Line 5 pipeline
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says new federal report detailing anchor strike shows ‘all of the enforcement mechanisms in the world won’t prevent a tragedy.’
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Surging Great Lakes water levels shrink beaches, flood docks in Michigan
A few years after record lows, Lakes Erie, St. Clair and Superior broke records for average water heights in May
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer opens up more Michigan farmland to solar power
The Democratic governor reverses a rule by her Republican predecessor and allows solar energy development on as much as 3.4 million acres of farmland.
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Michigan lobbyist for polluter wrote law easing toxic cleanups, emails show
Emails uncovered by FOIA show a Lansing lobbyist for Wolverine Worldwide wrote a law to weaken pollution cleanup standards, months after negotiating a lawsuit settlement with a company accused of contaminating West Michigan.
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GOP donor’s plans to dredge Grand River meet rough waters in West Michigan
The husband of former Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land wants the state to dredge the river near Grand Rapids to allow power boats to reach Lake Michigan. Environmentalists are crying foul.
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Booster downplays dredging conflicts: ‘People are allowed to make money’
A powerhouse Republican donor is championing a dredging project that could increase the value of his own land. A former Senate majority leader who steered grants for the project says that’s no big deal.
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New Michigan Environmental Council chief has deep roots in civil rights
Conan Smith, whose grandfather authored the civil rights clause to the Michigan Constitution, wants to break down racial and cultural barriers within the environmental movement.
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U.S. Supreme Court halts order requiring Michigan to redraw political lines
The high court’s order relieves Michigan Republicans from a summer deadline to reshape state maps, as the Supreme Court prepares to rule in June on what role judges should play in redistricting conflicts.