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Northern Michigan is home to two unique land preserves, one in Harbor Springs and the other in Traverse City – both originating from golf courses. 

Golf has strong ties to Michigan, with around 650 courses. Enthusiasts have nicknamed it “America’s Summer Golf Capital,” according to The Travel Magazine. 

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/11/17/michigan-golf-courses-returned-to-their-natural-state/

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An initiative to improve water quality throughout Ohio and Lake Erie is gaining ground — about a hundred acres to be exact. 

Wetlands have the potential to restore the water quality of the Great Lakes, though Navarro says that may take decades of dedicated wetland restoration.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/11/08/wetland-restoration-revives-ohio-lake/

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The recent expansion of China-owned land in the U.S. is raising concerns about the food supply chain and affordable land in Michigan.

In the Midwest, Chinese entities own around 44,000 acres, which is about an eighth of such entity property holdings in the United States, according to the USDA.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/10/26/michigan-eyeing-foreign-farmland-ownership/

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Historical redlining of neighborhoods still poses health threats to present-day residents, such as increased risk of diabetes, hypertension and early death from heart disease, according to a recent study by the National Library of Medicine. 

While redlining practices are not legal anymore, the effects still linger in historically redlined areas that typically have a high concentration of minority residents.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/10/15/historical-redlining-impacts-still-felt-nearly-a-century-later/

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The new signs use phrases in the Anishinabemowin language, show archaeological pictures from discovery of the petroglyphs and talk about the plants and animals that call the park home.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/03/10/petroglyph-park-near-cass-city-to-use-native-language/

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The initiative took a holistic approach in developing Kernza, thinking about how the plant could benefit farmers and the environment.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2022/12/19/perennial-grains-great-for-beer-bread-and-the-fight-against-climate-change/

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A northern Wisconsin logger faces possible time behind bars on charges he illegally cut timber in an environmentally sensitive part of the 1.5 million-acre Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. A federal grand jury in Madison has indicted 40-year-old Jerod Hecimovich on charges of stealing, injuring,  cutting and removing live oak timber from an 88-acre parcel of national forestland in Bayfield County.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2022/06/10/logger-could-go-to-prison-for-illegally-cutting-trees-in-wisconsin-national-forest/

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Acknowledging Native American ties to the land that Michigan universities occupy can make a powerful statement honoring the traditional history and culture. A land acknowledgment is a formal statement that recognizes and respects Indigenous peoples as stewards of the land where an institution is located. Acknowledgments are often executed through signs on campuses, email signatures and statements read before organized events.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2022/02/21/universities-link-native-american-homelands-to-campus-sites/

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Michigan farmers across the state say that the use of drones could revolutionize farming, but researchers working with drones say federal laws fail to meet their needs.  

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/12/09/federal-regulations-hinder-farming-with-drones/

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Farmers are set to take on a growing number of challenges in the face of climate change.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/10/21/uncertainty-among-michigan-fruit-growers-drives-climate-related-adaptations/

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The Adopt-a-Forest program is volunteer-driven and helps people engage with the outdoors and encourages them to keep public lands clean, the state Department of Natural Resources says.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/08/16/adopt-a-forest-program-encourages-citizens-to-clean-up-public-land/

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Michigan-grown hay is traveling south to feed horses in Florida. 

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/04/06/rising-fuel-prices-might-cause-southern-horses-to-vote-neigh-on-michigan-hay/

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Michigan and other states need to collect more information about the enforcement of worker protection standards to protect farmworkers from pesticide exposure, according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan investigatory arm of Congress.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/03/24/farmworkers-need-information-on-pesticides-federal-report-says/

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President Joe Biden’s recent “Buy American” executive order could provide future employment and economic growth for Michigan, food processors and agricultural industries, experts say.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/03/18/michigan-food-industries-enthused-about-biden-buy-american-order/

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Conventional farming practices have eroded much of the topsoil from a region of the Midwest known as the corn belt, according to a recent study.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/03/17/as-much-as-a-third-of-the-topsoil-in-the-corn-belt-may-be-gone/

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As farmworkers from other states and countries come to work in Michigan, the need for safe and affordable off-farm housing options is becoming increasingly important, a recent task force report said.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/03/15/farmworkers-need-more-off-site-housing-michigan-task-force-says/

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In 2020, Chapter 12 farm bankruptcy filings fell by 7 percent.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/03/10/higher-prices-pandemic-payments-help-michigan-farms-stay-afloat-in-2020/

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Growers worry that higher license and testing fees will push an already high cost of operation even higher. 

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/03/02/new-state-plan-has-michigan-hemp-growers-uncertain-about-the-future/

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The idea is to showcase a vision of transforming communities in a way that prioritizes employees, children and the planet’s well-being, organizers say.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/02/23/chicago-activists-and-artists-color-environmental-justice/

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Foraging for medicinal and indigenous foods is a prehistoric practice that not only has boosts immune systems, but has gained increased attention due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/01/07/foraging-for-medicinal-plants-gains-popularity/

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Fertilizer runoff from seasonal heavy rainfall on Midwestern farms is traveling down the Mississippi River and creating a “hypoxic zone,” or low oxygen zone in the Gulf of Mexico, a recent study by Iowa State University scientists warns.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/12/31/midwestern-farms-suffocating-gulf-of-mexico-ecosystems/

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A newly funded project in Ohio’s Ottawa Soil and Water Conservation District aims to reduce water nutrients and sediments that flow into Lake Erie, causing excessive growth of algae.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/12/14/new-nutrient-trapping-program-takes-off/

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California has been in the news this wildfire season with millions of acres burned and orange skies that look like scenes from an apocalypse film. President Donald Trump says every year he gets a call that the Golden State is on fire. But wildfires are not just a problem in the West. 

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/11/11/wildfires-threaten-great-lakes-region-too/

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You won’t find barns and silos in Detroit. Or herds of cattle. Or fields of soybeans, sugar beets or wheat. Even so, much of the city is now “ruralized,” a new study says, a phenomenon also visible in Flint, Pontiac and Saginaw.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/10/19/study-suggests-rural-strategies-help-economies-of-shrinking-cities/

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Results from a nearly 30-year ongoing study published by researchers at Michigan State University's Kellogg Biological Station show that over the long-term, no-till agriculture produces improved crop yields.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/08/07/msu-study-finds-no-till-farming-yields-long-term-economic-benefits/

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The Traverse City-based Go Beyond Beauty program has received funding through two projects from the Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program to tackle such plants as Japanese Barberry, baby's breath and blue lyme grass that are spread by people putting them in gardens.

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