The Great Lakes piping plover recovery effort has been ongoing since the mid-1980s when the population got as low as a dozen nesting pairs. This year, the number reached 85 nesting pairs for the first time.
A record year for Great Lakes piping plovers
Posted inThe Center for Michigan
Bridge Michigan News Quiz: July 11, 2025: You can do it!
Summer is in full flower. Prove your mettle by answering 10 questions about the news.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Future of climate ‘resilience hubs’ uncertain after Trump cuts
Plans to build climate resilience hubs across the state have come to a halt after the Trump administration abruptly canceled nearly $88 million in federal grants meant for Michigan nonprofits. Now, organizers are suing for their money back while scrambling for alternative funding.
Posted inOutdoors Life
Video: Freighter's near sinking shows risk still exists on the Great Lakes
It’s been 50 years since a freighter sank on the Great Lakes, but the the Michipicoten’s close call shows the risk still exists.
Posted inMichigan Government
Michigan ranked No. 3 for 2024 election turnout. Did early voting help?
Michigan voters turned out in 2024. SOS Jocelyn Benson credits new election laws and education campaigns. Experts have other theories: ‘Battleground voters love to bask in attention.’
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Game regulators blast Ted Nugent for ‘insulting’ Capitol testimony
Michigan game regulators tore into Ted Nugent’s June testimony at the state Capitol, calling his comments underinformed and disrespectful to conservation officers.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Use opioid settlement funds where they can save lives — in our jails
These funds were secured to repair the damage caused by the opioid crisis and there is no more effective way to do that than by helping people enter recovery and stay there.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
‘We can’t regulate ourselves’ out of whitefish crisis, experts say
Amid a population crash of Michigan’s staple lake whitefish, fisheries experts told regulators that more research needs to be done to discover how to stem the scourge of invasive mussels. Without that, they said, efforts to limit fishing are futile.
Posted inMichigan Government
Two years after charges, Michigan’s 2020 'fake electors' case drags on
Fifteen Michigan Republicans accused of trying to help overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss still don’t know whether they’ll head to trial. A judge has scheduled a hearing for September.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Michiganders should decline to sign anti-voter ballot petition
These proposals will do nothing to actually make elections more secure, and instead, they will prevent eligible voters from participating in our elections.