Environment

As smoke from wildfires in Canada continues to spread across the U.S., Michiganders are being urged to take precautions and minimize their time outdoors.

Officials at the Department of Natural Resources say northern Michigan is at an elevated risk for the spread of wildfires for the next several days.

Clinton County’s Board of Commissioners is adopting a 1-year moratorium on utility-scale renewable energy projects.

Michigan is one of two states that has not designated an official state insect. Some lawmakers want the black swallowtail butterfly to represent Michigan, while back the more well-known monarch butterfly.

Senator Gary Peters came to MSU's Horticultural Center Friday to promote legislation that would fund research to help fruit producers combat an invasive insect species.

The Michigan state house was packed May 9 as lawmakers heard from aggregate industry representatives and “local control” supporters. The discussion concerned recently introduced legislation that would hand permitting of aggregate mines, from local governments, over to the state.

Snowmelt and recent rain have brought Great Lakes water levels up. This spring rise is normal - and water levels are projected to increase even more this month.

Native American tribes are working with university researchers and others to determine why whitefish, an important source of protein, is declining.

When the Michigan legislature passed a historic overhaul of the state’s waste management law, recycling proponents celebrated. But not everyone was happy with some aspects of the new policy - they say it opens the door to “industrial plastic burning.”

In Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden, Camille Dungy describes her years-long project to transform her weed-filled, water-hogging, monochromatic lawn into a pollinator's paradise.