Environment Archives - Page 3 of 5

For the Birds

Aug 10, 2023 | Community, Environment, Featured |

Photos by Bill VanderMolen The banner photograph of the Facebook Page “Michigan Bird Listing” is...

Chasing Volts

Jul 25, 2023 | Business, Environment |

Katherine lives in Dexter and always charges her electric Chevy Bolt EUV at home. It has an...

Q. Are hazardous materials transported by rail through Ann Arbor? A. Railroads are required to provide notification of a hazardous shipment only when a train is carrying hazardous materials in either twenty consecutive cars or...

Transit in Transition

Jul 25, 2023 | Community Services/Resources, Environment, Featured |

At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority’s ridership...

Question Corner | July 2023

Jun 26, 2023 | Environment |

Q. Where is the nearest old-growth forest? A. The Old-Growth Forest Network maintains a list of the country’s oldest protected forests, and Witherell Woods in Detroit’s Palmer Park is the closest. Located forty miles from Ann...

Beet Jerky Bros

Jun 26, 2023 | Business, Environment |

Best friends since they met at Clague Middle School in 2007, Theo Mourad and Aaron Brodkey grew up...

The Wetlands

Jun 26, 2023 | Environment, My Town |

Our property does not quite aspire to having a waterfront, but it is fronted by wetlands. This...

Riverfront Conservancy

Jun 26, 2023 | Business, Environment, News |

The fourteen acres wedged between the river, the Broadway bridges, and the Amtrak railroad were...

The Next Life of the Staebler Farm

Apr 25, 2023 | Community, Environment, Featured, Government |

In 1973, the nascent Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission had a handful of roadside...

Tucker Rossmaessler

Apr 25, 2023 | Community, Culture, Environment, Nonprofits, Profiles |

As quarantine protocols eased in 2021, Tucker Rossmaessler took a trip that sparked an idea. At...

Question Corner | May 2023

Apr 25, 2023 | Environment |

Q. I noticed a lot of green tubes in the small valley on Glazier Way that crosses between Huron Pkwy. and Green Rd. What’s going on? A. That’s the Glazier Hills Nature Area. More than 100 different native plant species have been...

Going Up

Mar 27, 2023 | Business, Community, Environment, Featured, Government, News |

Despite soaring materials and labor costs, new housing construction in the Ann Arbor area...

Should We Divorce DTE?

Feb 23, 2023 | Business, Environment, Featured |

The storm with up to seventy-five miles-per-hour mph winds that swept across Michigan last August,...

Climate Heroes

Feb 23, 2023 | Environment, News |

February’s Ann Arbor climate hero, Bill Razgunas, set up a recycling program at an apartment...

Question Corner | February 2023

Jan 25, 2023 | Environment, Government |

Q: The federal government recently provided funding to plug “orphan” oil and gas wells to prevent groundwater pollution. Are there any near Ann Arbor? A: A well is considered an “orphan” if it is inactive, unplugged, and...