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Why Shore Armoring Inevitably Fails
Conserving Natural Resources in Leelanau County

A Monarch Killer Comes to Kingsley

August 22, 2018August 27, 2018NatureAdmin Comment
This story begins with monarch butterflies. In their larval stage – as caterpillars – these much beloved, colorful creatures rely on milkweed as [...]

Rivers of Snails

August 16, 2018August 16, 2018NatureAdmin 1
The on-going restoration of Boardman River to its natural, pre-industrial condition has been good news to trout fishermen, kayakers, canoeists and river-lovers of [...]

The Once and Future Northern Forests

July 27, 2018NatureAdmin Comment
In this photo essay, we join author, teacher and bioregionalist, Stephanie Mills on a visit to Houghton to meet Stephen Handler, a Climate Change Specialist based [...]

Collecting the Evidence of Change

July 20, 2018NatureAdmin Comment
Over the last 30 years, invasive species like zebra and quagga mussels and the round goby have rapidly and completely changed the water [...]

The River Restorer

July 11, 2018July 11, 2018NatureAdmin Comment
From the time of European settlement in the 1800s, Michigan’s rivers have been dammed, channelized, and pinched by road crossings. Often heating up [...]

The Young Documentarians Present: Seven Mini-Docs on Environmental Change

June 27, 2018NatureAdmin 1
Are humans the most invasive species? Is there hope for the piping plover? Why are there so many coyotes in Northern Michigan? Early [...]

Environmental Change & Community Health – Nursing Professionals Speak Out

June 24, 2018NatureAdmin 1
The spring and fall allergy seasons have grown longer and more severe over the last few decades. That’s one of the observations three [...]

Beautiful Biochar

June 8, 2018June 8, 2018NatureAdmin 1
This photo essay re-introduces Nature Change readers to a very old way of enriching our soils while managing the disposal of wood wastes. [...]

Kids’ Work – Conservation Grazing with Baby Goats

May 30, 2018NatureAdmin 2
This spring, Nature Change returned to Leelanau Conservancy‘s Clay Cliffs Preserve to find out how such incredibly cute baby goats could be part [...]

Raptor Rescue & Our Changing Environment

May 9, 2018May 9, 2018NatureAdmin Comment
In this short video, Nature Change contributor, David Poinsett talks with the well-known raptor-rescue specialist, Rebecca Lessard about her activities as director of [...]

Grabbing the Thistle

May 3, 2018May 4, 2018NatureAdmin 1
Author, teacher and bioregionalist, Stephanie Mills offers our readers another in her series of essays on natural resource experts and their work in Northwest Lower [...]

The Fate of the Lower Boardman River

April 12, 2018April 13, 2018NatureAdmin 1
Is the Lower Boardman River being choked with development? Can it handle the stormwater pouring off urban areas throughout the Traverse City Area?  [...]

The Young Documentarians – Investigating the Changes in Our Environment

March 29, 2018April 4, 2018NatureAdmin 1
Recently, eleven of our region’s natural resources experts took turns in the hot seat, responding to questions posed by 8th grade science students [...]

Why It’s Time to Clean, Drain & Dry

March 23, 2018May 9, 2018NatureAdmin Comment
The clean, clear beauty of Northern Michigan’s lakes and streams are threatened. Non-native plants and animals invading our waters can change water quality [...]

Why Native Plants Are the Better Choice for a Changing World

March 15, 2018NatureAdmin Comment
In this article by Emily Cook, we learn why and how plants native to this region are best for landscaping around our buildings [...]

The Fisheries Management Biologist

March 9, 2018March 10, 2018NatureAdmin 1
As dam removals and restoration efforts proceed on the Boardman River, how is the fishery faring? How is Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources [...]

Revealing Connections – Two Years of Nature Change

February 23, 2018NatureAdmin Comment
Northern Michigan’s landscapes are changing as invasive species, urban development and climate change alter, damage or destroy familiar plant and animal communities on [...]

The River Guide

February 13, 2018February 13, 2018NatureAdmin Comment
How have our northern Michigan rivers changed? Have the increasingly frequent and severe storms impacted our rivers? What effects have the dead and [...]

Are You a Shore Walker? Sharing Our Water Resources – Sharing Our Shorelines

February 5, 2018NatureAdmin 6
Who controls the Great Lakes shorelines and their tributary rivers? How much access do you have?  This essay by Dave Dempsey offers some [...]

Nature Change TV: Alewife, Chinook, Quagga, Goby – Waves of Change in Lake Michigan

January 30, 2018January 31, 2018NatureAdmin Comment
In this video, the Executive Director for Interlochen Public Radio (IPR), Peter Payette leads an informative discussion on the status and possible future [...]

Investing in Solar – Personal Choices with Public Benefits

January 20, 2018NatureAdmin Comment
“First and foremost,” Jim and Kelly Lively tell us, “going solar is a personal family decision.” This video essay reveals some of their [...]

Nature Change TV Episode 3: The Ratliff Family Affair

January 10, 2018NatureAdmin 2
What are the challenges resource professionals face today? Why would four of five brothers strive to build careers in preserving natural resources? In [...]

Viewers’ Choice 2017

December 30, 2017NatureAdmin Comment
In all, 39 photo and video essays were published on Nature Change in 2017.  Here’s a quick review of the ten most popular [...]

The Conservationists of Tomorrow – Nature-based Childhood Education

December 26, 2017NatureAdmin 1
The clean waters and beautiful landscapes we grew up with have changed. In less than a generation, invasive pests and diseases have completely [...]

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