Seven Mini-Docs on Climate & the Environment from the Young Documentarians
Are frog populations diminishing? Is the changing climate interfering with bird migration? Do the big storm and changing temperatures have any impacts of [...]
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Keeping the Count – Richard Couse, Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch
In this short video, we meet Richard Couse, the new Executive Director of the Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch (MSRW). An avid birder and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch – Part 2. Ed Pike and the Young Owl Banders
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
This video begins with a small group of avid bird watchers gathering in a field on the western outskirts of Mackinaw City. Each [...]
Of Monarchs and Climate – A Conversation with Nature Photographer Charles St. Charles
In this video, we join District Forester Kama Ross for a conversation with the award-winning nature photographer, Charles St. Charles. They got together [...]
Diversifying the Local Economy – What Do Birds Have to Do With It?
This is a story about a Northern Michigan community responding to the economic challenges brought on by changes in the region’s natural resources, [...]
A New Tick Arrives in Northern Michigan
This is a story about ticks and Lyme disease. It’s also a story about mice and birds and how climate may be changing [...]
Witness: Dr. William Scharf
Recently, we had the opportunity to talk with Dr. William Scharf at his home in Traverse City. Having studied birds and their parasites [...]