Farmers want to take land out of conservation to grow more corn
Leaders in Michigan’s farm community are urging Senator Debbie Stabenow and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to change the rules for a land conservation program on farms. They say the current program...
View ArticleSaugatuck Township accepts settlement over dune land
Saugatuck Township officials have agreed to settle a land-use case with a billionaire who’s trying develop property along Lake Michigan. Saugatuck Township voted Friday night to accept a legal...
View ArticleBlotting Update: Detroit wants to sell you this lot for $200
Apparently, the phone has been ringing off the hook over at Detroit’s planning department.It’s all because of a few lines uttered by Mayor Dave Bing in his State of the City address last week. (You’ll...
View ArticleSaugatuck Twp accepts proposed settlement with billionaire
A federal judge will consider another proposed settlement in a legal case between Saugatuck Township and a private developer. The township approved the proposed settlement Wednesday night.
View ArticleSenate bill seeks to restrict Michigan DNR's ability to manage lands for...
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has the authority to set aside land to make sure biodiversity is preserved. Basically, that means the DNR can designate an area to protect the variety of...
View ArticleMichigan lawmakers oppose United Nations' Agenda 21 document
Environmentalists in Michigan have been on the defensive since the last election. Republicans rolled back shoreline protections they say were onerous and they limited the ability of the state to...
View ArticleBill aims to restrict state's ability to manage for biodiversity
If you're feeling like you've heard this story before... you're right.Senator Tom Casperson-R (Escanaba) has introduced a bill, Senate Bill 78, that would prohibit the DNR from setting aside an area of...
View ArticleBy law, the state can only own so much land, but that might change
The state of Michigan owns 4.6 million acres of land. But for now, the state can’t buy any more land. That’s because the Michigan Legislature capped the amount of land the state can own.But there’s a...
View ArticleWatch Michigan change over time using Google's 'Earth Engine'
My kids love using Google Earth. With the push of a button they "fly" from Ann Arbor, Michigan to Newfoundland, the Panama Canal, the Great Barrier Reef, or some other place they're curious about.Now...
View ArticleFarmers want to take land out of conservation to grow more corn
Leaders in Michigans farm community are urging Senator Debbie Stabenow and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to change the rules for a land conservation program on farms. They say the current program...
View ArticleSaugatuck Township accepts settlement over dune land
Saugatuck Township officials have agreed to settle a land-use case with a billionaire whos trying develop property along Lake Michigan. Saugatuck Township voted Friday night to accept a legal...
View ArticleBlotting Update: Detroit wants to sell you this lot for $200
Apparently, the phone has been ringing off the hook over at Detroits planning department. Its all because of a few lines uttered by Mayor Dave Bing in his State of the City address last week. (Youll...
View ArticleSaugatuck Twp accepts proposed settlement with billionaire
A federal judge will consider another proposed settlement in a legal case between Saugatuck Township and a private developer. The township approved the proposed settlement Wednesday night. Chesapeake...
View ArticleSenate bill seeks to restrict Michigan DNR's ability to manage lands for...
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has the authority to set aside land to make sure biodiversity is preserved. Basically, that means the DNR can designate an area to protect the variety of...
View ArticleMichigan lawmakers oppose United Nations' Agenda 21 document
Environmentalists in Michigan have been on the defensive since the last election. Republicans rolled back shoreline protections they say were onerous and they limited the ability of the state to...
View ArticleBill aims to restrict state's ability to manage for biodiversity
If you're feeling like you've heard this story before... you're right. Senator Tom Casperson-R (Escanaba) has introduced a bill, Senate Bill 78 , that would prohibit the DNR from setting aside an area...
View ArticleBy law, the state can only own so much land, but that might change
The state of Michigan owns 4.6 million acres of land. But for now, the state can’t buy any more land. That’s because the Michigan Legislature capped the amount of land the state can own. But there’s a...
View ArticleWatch Michigan change over time using Google's 'Earth Engine'
My kids love using Google Earth. With the push of a button they "fly" from Ann Arbor, Michigan to Newfoundland, the Panama Canal, the Great Barrier Reef, or some other place they're curious about. Now...
View ArticleSurvey: Metro Detroit is one of the world's most affordable housing markets
Metro Detroit has any number of problems, but finding affordable housing isn’t one of them. In fact—by one measure at least—the region offers some of the most affordable housing anywhere in the world.
View ArticleThe way we use land in the Great Lakes region is changing
More than 7,000 square miles of land in the Great Lakes region changed in some way from 1996 to 2010. That’s roughly equal to the surface area of Lake Ontario. That’s according to a new report from the...
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