Will JD Vance save the Great Lakes from Trump?
By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio and Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ
U.S. Forest Service firings decimate already understaffed agency: ‘It’s catastrophic’
The agency, which stewards 193 million acres of public lands from Alaska to Florida, was in trouble even before Trump took office
By Katie Myers, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ and Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio
Tags: Michigan, Environment, Government, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, DOGE, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Huron-Manistee National Forests
The vice president once pushed for restoration funding. Advocates hope he hasn't forgotten.
Tags: Michigan, Environment, Government, JD Vance, Donald Trump, Great Lakes
Lake Michigan temps are breaking records
Lake Michigan’s surface temperature has been above average nearly every day this year so far. All five Great Lakes are heating up.
By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ
Tags: Michigan, Environment, Nature, Great Lakes, climate change in Michigan, Chicago
Illinois and Army Corps at an impasse over building barrier to prevent invasive carp
Governor JB Pritzker sent a letter expressing concern over costs of the $1 billion project and the burden to Illinois taxpayers
Tags: Michigan, Environment, News, Great Lakes, Asian Carp, Illinois
Army Corps plans $1 billion barricade to deter invasive carp at Illinois and Des Plaines Rivers
Invasive carp could threaten the $7 billion recreation and commercial fishing industry around the Great Lakes
Tags: Michigan, Environment, Government, Nature, Asian carp, Great Lakes, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers