Officials with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources along with an environmental science and engineering firm in Kalamazoo have launched an effort to manage aquatic invasive species at the Fort Custer Recreational Area in Augusta.
As some folks continue to extend their Independence Day holiday celebrations into this weekend, the Michigan DNR is warning that conditions will be ripe for wildfires in parts of the state.
Have you noticed there are fewer fireflies now then there were when you were a child and used to catch them in a jar? They're slowly dying across Michigan and the nation.
It sounds like the title of a really bad B-movie, but the Michigan DNR is warning that forest tent caterpillars have returned and are making a nuisance of themselves across the state. They eat leaves from sugar maple, aspen and oak trees and leave small strands of webbing as they go...