Invasive species expert teaches volunteers to overcome ‘plant blindness’

Invasive species expert teaches volunteers to overcome ‘plant blindness’
Great Lakes Echo

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 native landscapes, Miller doesn’t quit.

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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 native landscapes, Miller doesn’t quit.

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Today’s tighter margins may encourage more farmer retirements or changes in strategy

Today’s tighter margins may encourage more farmer retirements or changes in strategy
The Lucknow Sentinel
Farmers make some capital and risk decisions based on the stage of their career
Farmers make some capital and risk decisions based on the stage of their career
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London studies show promise for fecal transplants in cancer immunotherapy

London studies show promise for fecal transplants in cancer immunotherapy
The London Free Press
Small clinical trials in kidney, lung and skin cancers suggest improved responses and fewer treatment side effects.
Small clinical trials in kidney, lung and skin cancers suggest improved responses and fewer treatment side effects.
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Lake Erie is nearly frozen over: Could it hit a rare full freeze?

Lake Erie is nearly frozen over: Could it hit a rare full freeze?
Great Lakes Commission
Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory show Lake Erie’s ice coverage surged from under 2% on January 14 to nearly 85% by January […]
Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory show Lake Erie’s ice coverage surged from under 2% on January 14 to nearly 85% by January […]
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Lake Erie is nearly frozen over: Could it hit a rare full freeze?

Michigan farmers face bankruptcies, other financial challenges

Michigan farmers face bankruptcies, other financial challenges
Great Lakes Echo

By Bauyrzhan Zhaxylykov

Bankruptcies of Michigan farmers are troubling despite a dip in their Chapter 12 filings last year. Major reasons are higher expenses for inputs such as fertilizer coupled with flat commodity prices.

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By Bauyrzhan Zhaxylykov

Bankruptcies of Michigan farmers are troubling despite a dip in their Chapter 12 filings last year. Major reasons are higher expenses for inputs such as fertilizer coupled with flat commodity prices.

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Michigan farmers face bankruptcies, other financial challenges

Conservation, research and community collaboration aid in successful 2026 Black Lake sturgeon season

Conservation, research and community collaboration aid in successful 2026 Black Lake sturgeon season
Great Lakes Echo

The 2026 sturgeon season on Black Lake in Michigan lasted all of 48 minutes before the annual quota – six – was reached. There were 653 anglers competing for them.

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The 2026 sturgeon season on Black Lake in Michigan lasted all of 48 minutes before the annual quota – six – was reached. There were 653 anglers competing for them.

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Ontario woman’s 1,300 bags of garbage tell a story of pollution, climate change and the Great Lakes

Ontario woman’s 1,300 bags of garbage tell a story of pollution, climate change and the Great Lakes
Great Lakes Commission
A Grand Bend, Ontario, resident made a simple commitment to pick up one bag of garbage a day for a whole month along the Lake Huron shoreline. The one-month pledge […]
A Grand Bend, Ontario, resident made a simple commitment to pick up one bag of garbage a day for a whole month along the Lake Huron shoreline. The one-month pledge […]
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Pearson: Age of wars the result of complacency about peace

Pearson: Age of wars the result of complacency about peace
The London Free Press
Periods of prolonged peace have a way of hollowing out the very virtues that made them possible.
Periods of prolonged peace have a way of hollowing out the very virtues that made them possible.
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Rented farmland should be covered by a written agreement, FCC says

Rented farmland should be covered by a written agreement, FCC says
The Lucknow Sentinel
It should include the amount of rent, the term, and protection of the soil
It should include the amount of rent, the term, and protection of the soil
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Rented farmland should be covered by a written agreement, FCC says
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