Restoring Aquatic Ecosystems in Northwest Lower Michigan
Nature Change (naturechange.org) is delighted to announce the release of a new documentary film about the restoration and protection of rivers and streams [...]
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Plague Phase – voices in response to ecological decline
Nature Change and Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology are very pleased to present this experimental short film, Plague Phase. On the evening [...]
Managing High Water: Part Two – Restoring Natural Lakeshores
Limnologist Ralph Bednarz moved to his new home on Rennie Lake in Grand Traverse County just a couple of years ago and already [...]
Earth Day 2020 – The Unimaginable
In this essay, author and environmental policy specialist Dave Dempsey reflects on the challenges humans face today, fifty years after the first Earth [...]
Assisted Tree Range Expansion
Over the past year, Forestry Assistant Maddy Baroli has worked with Kama Ross, District Forester for Benzie, Grand Traverse, and Leelanau Counties to [...]
Lake-Friendly Landscapes
For nearly 75-years, volunteers, members and staff of the Glen Lake Association have worked to preserve and protect the high quality of water [...]
Grass River Weaver
Author, teacher and bioregionalist, Stephanie Mills offers readers another in her series of essays on natural resource experts and their work in Northern Michigan. Here [...]
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 [...]
Beetlemania
Author, teacher and bioregionalist, Stephanie Mills offers readers another in her series of essays on natural resource experts and their work in Northern Michigan. In [...]
Watching the Forest at Woodland School
When an oak wilt infestation led to clear cutting acres of trees on the forested campus of the Woodland School, teachers Lesley Goodrick-Scanlon [...]
Witness: Rob Karner, Watershed Biologist, Glen Lakes Watershed
A freshwater biologist and educator, Rob Karner has helped to care for the Glen Lake Watershed in Leelanau County since 1977. A retired [...]
Local Governments Combating Invaders
The following article was submitted by Katie Grzesiak, Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network to help inform Nature Change readers about local government efforts [...]
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 [...]
Witness: Eric Hemenway, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
Born and raised in the Cross Village area, Eric Hemenway is the Director of Archives and Records for the Little Traverse Bay Bands [...]
Enhanced Migration of Trees – Climate Adaptation on Tribal Forest Lands
This fall, Nature Change visited the Little Traverse Bay Bands (LTBB) of Odawa Indians in Harbor Springs. We were there to ask about [...]
Managing Change at the Little Traverse Conservancy
The new Executive Director at the Little Traverse Conservancy (LTC), Kieran Fleming has grown into this position from within the organization. With a [...]
15-Second Nature Note from the Grand Traverse Conservation District
In this quick video, you will learn one very effective way to help improve the environment and combat climate change. Thanks to Parkland [...]
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 [...]
Wetland Wild Lands – Protecting a Biodiversity Hotspot
Where can you find dragon’s mouth lady slipper, yellow lady slipper, showy lady slipper, purple fringed orchid, rose pogonia orchid, pitcher plants, sundews [...]
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 [...]
A Monarch Killer Comes to Kingsley
This story begins with monarch butterflies. In their larval stage – as caterpillars – these much beloved, colorful creatures rely on milkweed as [...]
The Once and Future Northern Forests
In this photo essay, we join author, teacher and bioregionalist, Stephanie Mills on a visit to Houghton to meet Stephen Handler, a Climate Change Specialist based [...]
Collecting the Evidence of Change
Over the last 30 years, invasive species like zebra and quagga mussels and the round goby have rapidly and completely changed the water [...]
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 [...]