Restoring the Pine River
This past summer (2021), the sounds of trucks, bobcats and excavators echoed down from the high bluffs above the Pine River in Northwest [...]
TagFreshwater Ecology
The Fight for Lake Leelanau – Battling Eurasian Watermilfoil
No one was certain it would work in Northern Michigan two years ago. Everyone knew it would require special knowledge and skill to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Stopping Eurasian Watermilfoil
No one knows how it got there, but for several years a dangerous invasive aquatic plant has been infesting the shallows of beautiful [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Rivers of Snails
The on-going restoration of Boardman River to its natural, pre-industrial condition has been good news to trout fishermen, kayakers, canoeists and river-lovers of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Why It’s Time to Clean, Drain & Dry
The clean, clear beauty of Northern Michigan’s lakes and streams are threatened. Non-native plants and animals invading our waters can change water quality [...]
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 [...]
Controlling the Spread of Aquatic Invaders
All summer long and into the fall, Jane Perrino and two dozen volunteers have been setting up a portable boat washer and an information [...]
Invasive Phragmites: Discovering the Tipping Point
It’s late summer at Fisherman’s Island State Park on Lake Michigan’s coast, just south of Charlevoix. And a team of researchers in chest-high [...]
Monitoring Change in the Waters of Leelanau
Change is inevitable. But some changes in the region’s natural resources are caused and accelerated by human activities. In these cases, informed people can make [...]