Voluntary Wetland Restoration to Preserve Ecosystem Services
Submitted by: LIAA & the UpNorth Media Center. Northwest Lower Michigan has a diverse array of highly productive wetlands that provide essential habitat [...]
What the Cherry Farmer Knows – A Conversation about Cherries and Climate with Jim Nugent
Jim Nugent and his wife, Toddy have operated the Leelanau County cherry farm called Sunblossom Orchards for over 30 years. For most of [...]
Invasives, Climate Change … What’s a Land Conservancy to Do?
Essay By: Tom Bailey, Executive Director, Little Traverse Conservancy Change is coming to northern Michigan in a number of ways. The Great Lakes have [...]
Phenology & Climate Change – Changing Nature’s Clocks
Each spring, people in Northwest Lower Michigan witness the emergence of wildflowers on the forest floor. Then, the buds of hardwood trees burst open, unfurling [...]
The Future of Nature: Panel Discussion
Climate change, climate variability and invasive species threaten the future of natural resources in Northwest Lower Michigan. Changes in rainfall patterns and increased [...]
Anne-Marie Oomen & Keith Taylor on the Poetry of Science
The University of Michigan’s Biological Station is well known as a leading field research station in northern lower Michigan as well as a [...]
Stephanie Mills Introduces the Human Nature School
Last spring, the noted bioregionalist and widely published writer, Stephanie Mills encouraged Nature Change to look at alternative education options for re-connecting people [...]
The Future of Nature – Managing the Impacts of Invasive Species & Climate Change on the Natural Resources of Northwest Lower Michigan
On Friday, September 30th, Nature Change will present a short symposium at the Hagerty Conference Center of Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City. Our [...]
Quaggas! Lake Michigan’s Ecosystem Disruptors
For the last 10 years or so, a team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and the National Park Service [...]
Witness: Steve Largent
Last fall, we turned to Steve Largent for advice in developing this on-line magazine. As a wildlife biologist and program coordinator for the [...]
The Fate of Coastal Wetlands – A Conversation with Dr. Dennis Albert
In this video, Nature Change catches up with Dr. Dennis Albert and Kate Wellons doing coastal wetland research at Cecil Bay near Wilderness [...]
Monster Weed! Battling Japanese Knotweed in Manistee
About 3 years ago, Mary Hurley and her neighbors at Harbor Village in the City of Manistee noticed an unpleasant change nearby. What [...]
Cleaning Up the Bay – The Rain Garden Way
In this short video, we learn how the Village of Suttons Bay has embraced green infrastructure to remove pollution from the stormwater runoff – [...]
Witness: Nate Winkler
Last fall, Nature Change joined Nate Winkler for a tour of the recently restored Bowens Creek that flows through Arcadia Marsh near the shores [...]
Biological Surveys Along the Boardman River
Submitted by the Conservation Resource Alliance, this article describes biological monitoring along the Boardman River to measure the success of habitat restoration. In [...]
Tracking Change in Lake Michigan’s Fisheries
The SV Steelhead is operated by the Michigan DNR out of the Charlevoix Fisheries Research Station. The trawler has been used for scientific [...]
Two Writers & The River – A Conversation with Jerry Dennis & Michael Delp
[Update July 1, 2016: We have uploaded a 30-minute version of this conversation. Access is available below.] Avid outdoors men, Jerry Dennis and [...]
Improving Road-Stream Crossings: Better Habitat & More Resilient Rivers
Maybe you’ve noticed them driving county and local roads, the culverts and little bridges passing a stream under the roadway. And maybe you’ve [...]
Vernal Pool Middle School: Learning the Mysteries of a Vernal Pool
This video essay celebrates some of northern Michigan’s most threatened wetlands and some of the young citizen scientists working to better understand and preserve them. [...]
Great Lakes: Do We Know Enough to Protect Them?
This article was submitted by Dave Dempsey, a writer and natural resources specialist. Dave has been involved in environmental policy since 1982 and is the [...]
Invaders! Combating the Spread of Garlic Mustard
This is a story about people facing down an overwhelming invader. Who will win the war is not certain, but the battle against [...]
The Emerald Ash Borer Took More Than Shade
Essay by: Dr. Erwin (Duke) Elsner; Small Fruit/Consumer Horticulture Educator Michigan State University Extension Most people who appreciate the natural resources of Northern Michigan [...]
Game Changer! A New Fruit Fly Puts Northern Michigan’s Orchards at Risk.
A new, particularly dangerous species of fruit fly has invaded Northwest Lower Michigan. Not the ordinary fruit fly that loves overripe and rotting [...]
Lake Michigan Fisheries: Facing Invaders and Warming Waters
There have been dramatic changes in the fisheries and overall ecology of Lake Michigan over the last few decades and Dave Clapp has [...]