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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Environment
Brookie Lessons
In this short video, we visit a little creek or “brook” in southern Leelanau County fed by groundwater springs and flowing toward Lake
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Conserving Natural Resources in Leelanau County
Nature Change appreciates this video and short description submitted by Aime Merizon, Communications Specialist for the Leelanau Conservation District (LCD). We hope you
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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
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Managing High Water Impacts on Inland Lakes: Part One – Private Well & Septic Systems
The National Weather Service says we are in one of Michigan’s wettest periods in modern history. We see it in the record breaking
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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
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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
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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
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The Invisible Secret to Life
In this short “explainer” video, we’re invited to take look at earth’s atmosphere and what Dan Bertalan suggests might just be the secret
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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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Witness: Dave Dempsey, Great Lakes & Water Policy Expert
Currently a senior policy specialist for FLOW – For Love of Water, Dave Dempsey has worked in and out of government as an
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Flushing the Future – The Challenge of Failing Septic Systems
What risks do failing-septic systems pose to the health of people and the environment? How do we know if septic wastes are ending
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Learning & Working Together
In this short video, we learn how five different organizations and well over 150 volunteers joined forces for habitat restoration on Earth Day
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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
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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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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
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The Young Documentarians Present: Seven Mini-Docs on Environmental Change
Are humans the most invasive species? Is there hope for the piping plover? Why are there so many coyotes in Northern Michigan? Early
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Environmental Change & Community Health – Nursing Professionals Speak Out
The spring and fall allergy seasons have grown longer and more severe over the last few decades. That’s one of the observations three
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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
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Revealing Connections – Two Years of Nature Change
Northern Michigan’s landscapes are changing as invasive species, urban development and climate change alter, damage or destroy familiar plant and animal communities on
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The River Guide
How have our northern Michigan rivers changed? Have the increasingly frequent and severe storms impacted our rivers? What effects have the dead and
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Viewers’ Choice 2017
In all, 39 photo and video essays were published on Nature Change in 2017. Here’s a quick review of the ten most popular
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Eating for Climate Resilience
This very timely essay and guide was submitted by nutritionists, Kelly Wilson and Paula Martin from Taste the Local Difference (TLD). Please read
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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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