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Why Shore Armoring Inevitably Fails
Conserving Natural Resources in Leelanau County

Nature Change Heros: Volunteer Conservationists

December 9, 2017December 10, 2017NatureAdmin 1
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

December 1, 2017NatureAdmin Comment
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

November 21, 2017November 21, 2017NatureAdmin 1
This very timely essay and guide was submitted by nutritionists, Kelly Wilson and Paula Martin from Taste the Local Difference (TLD).  Please read [...]

Thanking the Farmers – A Visit at Providence Farm

November 17, 2017NatureAdmin 2
Traveling the rolling landscapes of Northern Michigan, you can see a beautiful patchwork quilt of small farms brimming with natural beauty. Many of [...]

Nature Change TV Episode 2: A Legacy of Conservation Leadership

November 9, 2017NatureAdmin 1
Too many deer?  Michigan Weather?  Old growth forests? Invasive species? These are some of the topics taken on by two of  Northern Michigan’s [...]

Climate Weirding & the Mysterious Great Lakes

October 31, 2017October 31, 2017NatureAdmin 2
Complex systems with weird behavior might describe both the global atmosphere and the Great Lakes. In this essay, noted environmental policy expert and [...]

Slow, Scarce and Sacred

October 23, 2017October 23, 2017NatureAdmin 1
Author, teacher and bioregionalist, Stephanie Mills offers our readers the fifth in her series of essays on natural resource experts and their work in Northwest [...]

Climate Change Bites – Apple Farmers Face New Risks

October 16, 2017October 16, 2017NatureAdmin Comment
Apples! One of Michigan’s largest and most valuable crops, there are over 11 million apple trees in commercial production helping to support 825 [...]

Controlling the Spread of Aquatic Invaders

October 5, 2017May 9, 2018NatureAdmin 1
All summer long and into the fall, Jane Perrino and two dozen volunteers have been setting up a portable boat washer and an information [...]

Nature Change TV – Episode One: Fighting Invasive Plants

September 26, 2017NatureAdmin 1
In this made for TV, 28-minute video, we learn about three separate efforts to battle three highly-destructive  invasive plants: Garlic Mustard, Japanese Knotweed and [...]

An Eye in the Sky Watching for Change

September 15, 2017NatureAdmin Comment
Little Traverse Conservancy (LTC) holds over 350 conservation easements in Northwest Lower Michigan. In most cases, the land owner has donated development rights [...]

Invasive Phragmites: Discovering the Tipping Point

September 8, 2017September 8, 2017NatureAdmin 1
It’s late summer at Fisherman’s Island State Park on Lake Michigan’s coast, just south of Charlevoix. And a team of researchers in chest-high [...]

Seeing the Forester and the Trees

August 30, 2017NatureAdmin Comment
Author, teacher and bioregionalist, Stephanie Mills offers our readers the fourth in her series of essays on natural resource experts. In this thoughtful and sympathetic [...]

Monitoring Change in the Waters of Leelanau

August 17, 2017NatureAdmin 1
Change is inevitable. But some changes in the region’s natural resources are caused and accelerated by human activities. In these cases, informed people can make [...]

Improving Tree Canopy for Climate Resilience

July 28, 2017NatureAdmin 2
The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay is sharing some good news. Mature trees can play an important role in controlling and limiting stormwater [...]

From Mosses to Mentoring: On Halbert’s Path

July 6, 2017July 9, 2017NatureAdmin Comment
Author, teacher and bioregionalist, Stephanie Mills offers this essay to Nature Change readers on the beauty and  wonder of mosses and ferns as seen through the [...]

Witness: Dr. Lisa Del Buono

June 28, 2017June 28, 2017NatureAdmin Comment
A surgical pathologist, Dr. Lisa Del Buono works in a laboratory serving all of Northwest Lower Michigan. She is also a leading voice [...]

Woodland Ephemerals – A Springtime Nature Walk Through a Great Lakes Hardwood Forest

June 26, 2017NatureAdmin 2
This video essay and brief description below were contributed by Matthew Kern, Production Assistant, UpNorth Media Center, LIAA. This spring I set out [...]

Creating Interpretive Signage for the Kids Creek Watershed

June 8, 2017NatureAdmin Comment
In this video, we hear from some very bright and dedicated young citizen scientists working to share what they have learned about the [...]

Grass River Natural Area – Facing the Challenge of Climate Change

June 2, 2017NatureAdmin 2
This video is about people who are entrusted with the protection and preservation of one of northern Michigan’s most important and revered natural [...]

Lichen Heaven

May 29, 2017NatureAdmin 1
Author, teacher and bioregionalist, Stephanie Mills offers this essay to Nature Change readers on the curious life of lichens in Northern Michigan and one of our [...]

Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch – Part 2. Ed Pike and the Young Owl Banders

May 19, 2017NatureAdmin 1
In this short video, Nature Change offers an optimistic story about people – young and a bit older – who  demonstrate true commitment [...]

Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch – Part 1. Soaring Across Big Water

May 14, 2017NatureAdmin Comment
This video begins with a small group of avid bird watchers gathering in a field on the western outskirts of Mackinaw City. Each [...]

The Once and Future Otter Creek

May 4, 2017NatureAdmin 3
Author, teacher and bioregionalist, Stephanie Mills offers this essay to Nature Change readers about the long-term restoration of Otter Creek (a tributary to Lake [...]

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