The Rouge River is one of three highly polluted Michigan waterways. A four-year study conducted by U.S. Geological Survey shows that three Michigan rivers are among the most polluted waterways that ...
LANSING, Mich.— From the Great Lakes to the smallest creeks and streams, Michiganders are united by a common cause: water. With over 40% of Michigan covered in water and with the Great Lakes holding ...
A years-long effort to reintroduce Arctic grayling to Michigan's lakes and streams recently began a new phase, state officials said this month. In a ceremony on May 12, the Department of Natural ...
The Defense Department missed a deadline this fall to stop using a toxic firefighting foam that has caused widespread contamination across the country. In the small town of Oscoda, Michigan, a group ...
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) advises residents and visitors to avoid foam on Michigan’s lakes, rivers, and streams as summer approaches due to potential contamination ...
LANSING – Every spring for the last 15 years, Gene Gilliland and some friends have gone smallmouth bass fishing in Lake St. Clair in Southeast Michigan for a week. He and one friend travel from ...
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy has reported progress on multiple longtime areas of concern in a set of reports summarizing its accomplishments in 2025. While there are ...
Critics of data center development say the tech facilities threaten Michigan's arguably most abundant natural resource — ...
The Michigan DNR approves $3.8M in grants for recreational boating improvements and developments. (Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved.) The ...
On Saturdays along the Detroit River and its tributaries, you might find people fishing with poles and lures ― and also fishing with magnets and ropes. One of the latter might be Livonia resident ...
Nearly a decade since a coalition of tribes, governments, nonprofits and businesses hatched an ambitious plan to bring back a native fish that’s been absent from Michigan for nearly a century, the ...