Collecting the Evidence of Change
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
The clean waters and beautiful landscapes we grew up with have changed. In less than a generation, invasive pests and diseases have completely [...]
Nature Change Heros: Volunteer Conservationists
In this essay, Nature Change Editor, Joe VanderMeulen reflects on the heros among us. If you love fishing, bird watching, walking in the [...]
Fire & Stewardship at Angell Farm
This video essay is about land stewardship and some of the people dedicated to preserving and caring for Northern Michigan’s historic landscapes. This [...]
Eating for Climate Resilience
This very timely essay and guide was submitted by nutritionists, Kelly Wilson and Paula Martin from Taste the Local Difference (TLD). Please read [...]