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 [...]
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Witness: Kirk Waterstripe on the Importance of Healthy Soils
Specializing in soil science, Kirk Waterstripe is a plant biology instructor and manager of science laboratories at Northwestern Michigan College (NMC). In [...]
Jim Olson & Dave Mahan on Natural Resources Stewardship
Executive Director of the Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation, Phil Ellis invited two of our region’s most respected and experienced environmental leaders to consider the [...]
Witness: Tom Nelson
A lawyer and a long-time conservationist, Tom Nelson is the Executive Director of the Leelanau Conservancy, headquartered in Leland, Michigan. Tom moved to [...]
Witness: What Vegetable Farmers Know
Nature Change has been checking in with farmers throughout the region about our changing climate and invasive species. This very short video features [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Thinking Like an Investor: Diversified Forests Hedge Against an Uncertain Future
Essay By: Stephen Handler, Climate Change Specialist Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science; USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station In a recent essay [...]
Climate Change – Bringing Weather on Steroids
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?
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
This is a story about ticks and Lyme disease. It’s also a story about mice and birds and how climate may be changing [...]
Demonstrating Sustainable Forestry – Palmer Woods Forest Reserve
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?
The August 2 super storm that pummeled the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore snapped thousands of hardwood trees like matchsticks. The damage is [...]
Grand Traverse Baykeeper: Advocating for Clean Water
The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay joined the Waterkeeper Alliance in 2002, hiring John Nelson as their first Baykeeper. As a Navy veteran and [...]