forests

How to protect yourself from the wildfire smoke. Then, green burials in West Michigan and revisiting a culinary prison education project in Coldwater, MI.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is pairing conservation groups with drinking water treatment plant operators to see how source water can be protected by planting trees.

Oak trees are not regenerating in numbers to replace mature trees.

Michigan State University's Hidden Lake Gardens is a hidden gem in Lenawee County. Officials are hoping a suspension bridge through the tree tops attracts more visitors.

The results of the research were dramatic — and disturbing. Even with a relatively modest temperature increase of 1.6 degrees Celsius — just under 3 degrees Fahrenheit — survival rates for the most common boreal species fell by up to 40%, with growth rates are showing huge decreases.

Droughts in parts of West Michigan put large swaths of land at an increased risk of wildfire. Despite storms rolling through much of Michigan’s Lower…

Most wind energy projects in Michigan are on farmland in the southern part of the state. They are often controversial even there, but one company wants to…

This is part three of our series "An Idea on the Land." Part one is here. Part two is here.It’s the summer of 1831. A young French writer arrives in…

Earthworms seem pretty harmless. But they’re causing problems for Michigan’s multi-million dollar sugar maple industry.That’s the finding of a study by…

Many Michiganders are about to head up north for a long holiday weekend. When they arrive, some travelers will use public land for hiking, biking,…