Michigan residents can buy or renew a one-year fishing license in Michigan beginning Friday, March 31. Hunting and fishing activity has mostly declined in recent years.
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How you can help Michigan’s bats amid a deadly epidemic
Millions of hibernating bats have died from white-nose syndrome, a disease caused by fungus. Here’s how you can help scientists buy time to find a cure.
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Artificial reefs bring wild lake trout to Lake Huron
The constructed reefs are likely to be adequate for fish to breed and reproduce indefinitely.
Posted inThe Center for Michigan
Bridge Culture Club resumes in April with ‘We Kept Our Towns Going’
Join us April 18 for our latest Bridge Culture Club event with author Phyllis Michael Wong to discuss ‘We Kept Our Towns Going: The Gossard Girls of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula’
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America’s bats are dying. A Michigan dam may hold a key to their survival
As a devastating fungus wipes out hibernating bat species across the country, tens of thousands of bats in a dam in the Manistee River appear largely unaffected. Scientists are racing to understand why.
Posted inMichigan Government
The fate of ‘Gender Queer’ now in the hands of Lapeer librarian
Despite the threat of criminal charges from a county prosecutor, Amy Churchill, Lapeer District Library director, has not budged from defending the book. She has until May to rule on the book’s removal.
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Multi-million dollar restoration projects proposed for the Saginaw Bay watershed; paid with settlement money from corporate polluters
A new phase of restoration along polluted areas stretching from Midland to Saginaw to Bay City and beyond is up for public scrutiny.
Posted inMichigan Government
Experts cast doubt that Lapeer librarian can be charged over LGBTQ book
In what would be a highly unusual move, a county prosecutor is considering criminally charging library officials if they do not remove an LGBTQ book that contains drawings of sex acts. Lawyers interviewed were skeptical such an action would be constitutional.
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Michigan moves to end threat of jail to hunters who fail to report deer kills
New bills with bipartisan support would lower the penalty for failing to report a deer kill, from a misdemeanor to a civil fine. The effort comes on the heels of Michigan’s first year of mandatory deer reporting.
Posted inBusiness Watch
Mackinac Island ferry switching to electric power
A Michigan agency will convert the Chippewa ferry to electric power. The 61-year-old diesel engines will be replaced with electric motors.