The Environment Report - Delta College Public Radio

Lake sturgeon may live much longer than believed, Bay City is better equipped to adapt to changing conditions and recover from disasters, and disposable e-cigarette devices are creating a serious solid‑waste problem.

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Which Great Lake has the most beaches? "Leaf" space for wildlife this fall. And where are fall colors peaking right now?

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Bay City’s sister is using goats to fight invasive species. Welcome to fall, which officially began this week. More than 100 coastal resilience projects are in place across the Great Lakes basin.

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Teachers who have questions about our changing climate may want to check out an online resource at Climate.us. Michigan’s only native grasshopper is rare. But one was found in a nature sanctuary in Roscommon County. What was Lake Huron like 2.5 billion years ago? Researchers and online viewers got a peek this week.

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In the future, there may be air quality alerts for harmful algal blooms, just like the warnings issued for wildfire smoke. The State of the Bay conference is Oct. 7 at the Doubletree in downtown Bay City. And Bay City recycling has hit a milestone.

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Boaters and others who use water level tools to measure the Great Lakes rely on an official reference point called the Great Lakes Datum. Fish, maps and other topics are on tap for the Fall Lecture Series at the Bay City State Park in Bangor Township.

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Data centers are on the minds of the Conference of Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers, Sept. 19 is the biggest day for Adopt-a-Beach action, plastics are one of the top finds during beach cleanups.

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July 2026 was the warmest month on record for the contiguous United States, four local foundations are supporting a new Lake Huron Environmental Research Center near Saginaw Bay, and Michigan is home to a rare rattlesnake called the eastern massasauga.

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A Michigan study funded by NASA aims to help people better protect themselves from wildfire smoke, changes are coming to managed hunting operations at state wildlife game areas, and there are ten times more orchids of a rare variety than previously known.

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The Green Energy Neighbors program connects homeowners considering efficiency and energy improvements with people who have already made them. Nearly 100 parcels are going to auction in August, including river and lake frontage, and forested land. Former members of climate.gov have started climate.us.

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