Open Air Orchid Aficionados
In this new essay by Stephanie Mills, we’re introduced to the Leelanau Conservancy’s Emily Douglas and a couple of dedicated natural resource volunteers [...]
Witness: Dave Dempsey, Great Lakes & Water Policy Expert
Currently a senior policy specialist for FLOW – For Love of Water, Dave Dempsey has worked in and out of government as an [...]
Healing Habitat in Pigeon River Country
In the beautiful Pigeon River country of Northern Michigan, an old farmstead had fallen into disrepair. The land had been overgrazed by cattle [...]
Grass River Weaver
Author, teacher and bioregionalist, Stephanie Mills offers readers another in her series of essays on natural resource experts and their work in Northern Michigan. Here [...]
The Environmental Educator – New Leadership at GTCD
In this short video, we meet Koffi Kpachavi, the new Executive Director for the Grand Traverse Conservation District (GTCD). A small farm operator and [...]
Seven Mini-Docs on Climate & the Environment from the Young Documentarians
Are frog populations diminishing? Is the changing climate interfering with bird migration? Do the big storm and changing temperatures have any impacts of [...]
Flushing the Future – The Challenge of Failing Septic Systems
What risks do failing-septic systems pose to the health of people and the environment? How do we know if septic wastes are ending [...]
Beetlemania
Author, teacher and bioregionalist, Stephanie Mills offers readers another in her series of essays on natural resource experts and their work in Northern Michigan. In [...]
Watching the Forest at Woodland School
When an oak wilt infestation led to clear cutting acres of trees on the forested campus of the Woodland School, teachers Lesley Goodrick-Scanlon [...]
Learning & Working Together
In this short video, we learn how five different organizations and well over 150 volunteers joined forces for habitat restoration on Earth Day [...]
Preparing for Wildfire in Leelanau County
In this brief video, District Forester Kama Ross pays a visit to the Cedar Area Fire and Rescue Department in Leelanau County for [...]
Witness: Rob Karner, Watershed Biologist, Glen Lakes Watershed
A freshwater biologist and educator, Rob Karner has helped to care for the Glen Lake Watershed in Leelanau County since 1977. A retired [...]
Water & The Public Trust
This new video was submitted by FLOW – For Love of Water to help explain how the public trust doctrine applies to water. [...]
Local Governments Combating Invaders
The following article was submitted by Katie Grzesiak, Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network to help inform Nature Change readers about local government efforts [...]
Carbon Capture in Forest Soils
In this short video, forest ecology researcher Dr. Luke Nave (University of Michigan Biological Station) describes recently completed research to quantify the amount [...]
Stopping a Tree Killer – The Race to Control Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Up and down the west side of Lower Michigan, small armies of natural resource professionals and conservation volunteers are scouring the woods and [...]
New Chestnut Trees for Northern Michigan
In this video (click above), we hear about efforts by researchers working on combating tree diseases, including the American Chestnut blight. Researchers at [...]
Keeping the Count – Richard Couse, Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch
In this short video, we meet Richard Couse, the new Executive Director of the Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch (MSRW). An avid birder and [...]
Always a Water Person
Author, teacher and bioregionalist, Stephanie Mills offers our readers another in her series of essays on natural resource experts and their work in Northern Michigan. [...]
Witness: Eric Hemenway, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
Born and raised in the Cross Village area, Eric Hemenway is the Director of Archives and Records for the Little Traverse Bay Bands [...]
Viewers’ Choice 2018
Fish and goats, boats and butterflies, rivers and snails are all topics of the most viewed Nature Change stories published in 2018. With [...]
A Conversation with Forest Ecologist Marvin Roberson
As the Forest Policy Specialist for the Sierra Club – Michigan Chapter, Marvin Roberson has long advocated for management practices that assure greater [...]
Enhanced Migration of Trees – Climate Adaptation on Tribal Forest Lands
This fall, Nature Change visited the Little Traverse Bay Bands (LTBB) of Odawa Indians in Harbor Springs. We were there to ask about [...]
Managing Change at the Little Traverse Conservancy
The new Executive Director at the Little Traverse Conservancy (LTC), Kieran Fleming has grown into this position from within the organization. With a [...]