Regulating Dam Safety Under Changing Conditions
Nature Change has published several stories about removing dams and culverts to return rivers and streams to natural flow conditions. But Michigan still
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Boardman River
The Environmental Educator – New Leadership at GTCD
In this short video, we meet Koffi Kpachavi, the new Executive Director for the Grand Traverse Conservation District (GTCD). A small farm operator and
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Viewers’ Choice 2018
Fish and goats, boats and butterflies, rivers and snails are all topics of the most viewed Nature Change stories published in 2018. With
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Conservation Volunteers – Why Do They Do It?
Recently, the Grand Traverse Conservation District sponsored a workbee to plant trees and shrubs at the newly expanded Grand Traverse Natural Education Reserve.
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The Changing River – Delta Formation at the Mouth of the Boardman River
As shown in a recent Nature Change mini-documentary (Bringing Down Sabin), Sabin is the last of three dams to be removed from the
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Bringing Down Sabin – Another Step in Restoring the Boardman River
Excavator and bulldozer operators are working long hours together with truck drivers and engineering and safety teams to finally bring down the Sabin
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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
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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?
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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
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Nature Change TV Episode 2: A Legacy of Conservation Leadership
Too many deer? Michigan Weather? Old growth forests? Invasive species? These are some of the topics taken on by two of Northern Michigan’s
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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
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