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By Bauyrzhan Zhaxylykov

New U-M survey finds only about 5% of rural Michigan residents say they would choose an electric vehicle as their next car. Researchers attribute much of that reluctance to misinformation about the availability of public chargers and the cost of EVs and replacement batteries. The Whitmer administration




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Do you have a child in your life who might be interested in horticulture? Nature activities? Cooking, baking, preserving and canning? Gardening? Horticulture themed crafts and making new friends? If you answered yes to any of these questions, did you know there is a local club for children ages six



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By Anna Ironside

Caroline Miller is a botanical technologist at Michigan State University’s W.J. Beal Botanical Garden, as well as a master’s student. Her work has made her a driving force behind restoration projects on campus and beyond. From invasive species removal days to a growing movement to replace traditional turf lawns with




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By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva

More than 30 years ago, a group of scientists planted just 4,200 seeds of the rare Pitcher’s thistle in the sandy dunes of the Great Lakes. At the time, no one knew if the new populations would survive. Today, three decades later, the restored populations are thriving




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By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva

In the late 1970s, when most wildlife conservation programs in the United States focused almost exclusively on game species, a quiet but historic shift began in Minnesota. It was here that one of the nation’s first state programs dedicated to protecting so-called nongame wildlife emerged from butterflies




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By Clara Lincolnhol

Michigan is pouring $77 million into clean-up of contaminated abandoned real estate such as former factories. The director of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy says the goal is to make the cleaned-up sites safe for housing, commercial developments and other uses.

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Even with winter weather poised to descend upon Lake Huron, fresh vegetables are still available thanks to a local certified organic farm. Tamara McMullen of Huron County-based Firmly Rooted Farm brought crates of fresh root vegetables to the Point Clark Community Centre on Nov. 25, for a regular meeting of