detroit river

Heavy industrial activity has been operating along parts of the Detroit and Rouge rivers for decades. The legacy it's left is up to 5.1 million cubic meters of contaminated sediment.

Today on Stateside, we heard from an educator about how to safely fish in the Detroit River. Plus, we heard about an ongoing mastodon study at U of M and revisited two conversations about Michigan birds.

The Detroit River has long been a popular spot for local fishers. But with heavy pollutants in the water, a group called the Riverwalkers is on a mission to educate anglers on how to catch and consume fish safely.

Detroit City Council is trying to get the Detroit River included in a list of world heritage sites alongside the Great Wall of China and Stonehenge.

Detroit Bulk Storage is vacating the site where it caused two accidents in two years that resulted in sediment getting into the Detroit River.

Environmental and community advocates in Detroit are pushing for a newly-proposed ordinance that would regulate industrial operations on the city’s…

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy is giving two companies in Detroit until this Friday to come up with a new protections for…

The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has contacted two companies regarding a collapsed dock site on the Detroit River, calling…

State environmental regulators say tests done Friday show below-background levels of radiation at the site of a partial shoreline collapse into the…

Today on Stateside, an old industrial site contaminated with uranium since the World War II has partially collapsed into the Detroit River. Plus, a group…