Nature Change – Page 7 – Conversations about conservation and climate

Thinking Like an Investor: Diversified Forests Hedge Against an Uncertain Future

April 22, 2016April 22, 2016NatureAdmin

Essay By: Stephen Handler, Climate Change Specialist Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science; USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station In a recent essay [...]

Eagles: Messengers of Climate Change

April 16, 2016April 18, 2016NatureAdmin 1

An Upper Peninsula native, Dr. Willam Bowerman began studying Michigan’s bald eagles in 1984. Now a professor and department chair at the University [...]

Climate Change – Bringing Weather on Steroids

April 8, 2016NatureAdmin 1

Recently, Nature Change took the opportunity to talk about the impacts of climate change with three respected experts at the University of Michigan: [...]

Did I Waste $100,000 on a Little Blue Butterfly?

March 31, 2016September 10, 2016NatureAdmin 2

Essay by: Christopher L. Hoving, Adaptation Specialist Wildlife Division, Michigan Department of Natural Resources This essay begins with two questions. How much should [...]

A New Tick Arrives in Northern Michigan

March 25, 2016March 27, 2016NatureAdmin

This is a story about ticks and Lyme disease. It’s also a story about mice and birds and how climate may be changing [...]

Restoring a Native Meadow with Seed Bombs

March 15, 2016March 15, 2016NatureAdmin

By Derek Shiels, Conservation Easement Specialist, Little Traverse Conservancy Whether we like it or not, whether we know it or not, we impact [...]

Demonstrating Sustainable Forestry – Palmer Woods Forest Reserve

March 2, 2016March 2, 2016NatureAdmin 3

Last year, the Leelanau Conservancy exercised an option to buy a 700-acre tract of land just east of Big Glen Lake and the [...]

Forest Blow Down on Alligator Hill – Which Path to Recovery?

February 16, 2016February 27, 2016NatureAdmin 10

The August 2 super storm that pummeled the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore snapped thousands of hardwood trees like matchsticks. The damage is [...]

Volunteer Conservationists: Habitat Restoration at Brown Bridge

January 28, 2016February 26, 2016NatureAdmin 1

One Saturday last October, a group of volunteers set out to plant thousands of trees and shrubs along the Boardman River in the [...]

Grand Traverse Baykeeper: Advocating for Clean Water

January 22, 2016January 22, 2016NatureAdmin

The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay joined the Waterkeeper Alliance in 2002, hiring John Nelson as their first Baykeeper. As a Navy veteran and [...]

Managing Resources: The Re-Wilding of Bowens Creek

January 10, 2016February 26, 2016NatureAdmin

The Conservation Resource Alliance (CRA) began a project to restore the aquatic habitat of Bowens Creek in 2010 under a partnership with [...]

Witness: Kama Ross

January 9, 2016February 26, 2016NatureAdmin 1

The District Forester for Benzie, Grand Traverse and Leelanau Counties, Kama Ross provides information services and support to forest and woodlot owners across [...]

Witness: Tom Bailey

January 5, 2016January 23, 2016NatureAdmin

Tom Bailey is the Executive Director of the Little Traverse Conservancy headquartered in Harbor Springs. Serving Chippewa, Mackinac, Emmet, Cheboygan, and Charlevoix Counties, the [...]

Witness: Dr. William Scharf

January 4, 2016February 26, 2016NatureAdmin

Recently, we had the opportunity to talk with Dr. William Scharf at his home in Traverse City. Having studied birds and their parasites [...]

Volunteer Conservationists: Helping Preserve the American Kestrel

January 2, 2016January 23, 2016NatureAdmin

Over the last several years, the Little Traverse Conservancy has developed an EcoSteward volunteer program to help people get involved in science-based activities related [...]