Category Archives: Environment & Environmental Organizations

Michigan Invasive Species: Zebra Mussels & Quagga Mussels

September 15, 2010 – 7:59 am

Zebra mussels by PhotoLab507 All week on Absolute Michigan & Michigan in Pictures we’re looking at invasive species and their impact on Michigan. Zebra mussels and the more recent invader quagga mussels belong to the dreissenid mussel family and many contend that they have had a more serious impact on the Great Lakes than any [...]

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Michigan Invasive Species: Asian Carp

September 14, 2010 – 7:09 am

66lbs asian big head carp by radcarper It’s Invasive Species Week on Absolute Michigan & Michigan in Pictures. For our first invader, we really have to look at the scariest guy in the room, Asian Carp. The Great Lakes EPA has a page on Asian Carp and the Great Lakes that’s a solid account of [...]

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Ann Arbor HomeGrown Festival is celebrating local food

September 7, 2010 – 5:51 am

The Ann Arbor HomeGrown Festival is hoping you’ll help them raise a ruckus in the historic Ann Arbor Farmers’ Market pavilion this Saturday (September 11) from 6-11 PM. They’re celebrating food, farms and community with great eats and cool beverages, live music and fun for the whole family! Entry to the Festival is FREE, and [...]

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Celebrating Michigan’s Water Winner: Golden Dip

August 18, 2010 – 9:03 am

Golden Dip, photo by Aver123 Our judges have selected the winner in the Celebrating Michigan’s Water Photo Contest. The winning photographer, Avery Sullenger-Wedder will receive 2 nights at The Homestead Resort in Glen Arbor along with a Crystal River eco-tour! View it bigger or in the Michigan Water slideshow and thanks to everyone who participated! [...]

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Kalamazoo Water Festival ~ August 14, 2010

August 10, 2010 – 8:17 am

The Kalamazoo Water Festival happens this Saturday (August 14) at the Arcadia Creek Festival Site in Kalamazoo. While the festival has been planned for months, it’s especially poignant this year as the Kalamazoo River watershed is reeling under the largest oil spill in Michigan history. Hopefully this event and this festival will drive home the [...]

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Killing Carp: The Carp-ocalypse of 1973

August 9, 2010 – 8:55 am

Holga: Ford Lake by Matt Callow Matt’s Ford Lake slideshow Earlier this summer, Gov. Jennifer Granholm called for aggressive action to prevent Asian Carp from entering the Great Lakes, saying “We must use every available tool at our disposal to protect the Great Lakes, including closing the locks, expanding eDNA testing and applying additional rotenone [...]

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Will Michigan get its own version of the BP oil spill?

June 28, 2010 – 7:29 am

Acid Mine Drainage by savethewildup In Is Michigan’s BP Disaster Brewing in the UP? addressing the Kennecott Eagle Mine north of Marquette, the Center for Michigan’s Phil Power writes: Today, TV screens, newspapers and the Internet are consumed worldwide with the horrendous British Petroleum oil leak into the Gulf of Mexico, now believed to be [...]

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Celebrating Michigan’s Water Photo Contest

June 23, 2010 – 7:25 am

In the Michigan Immense Public Park by farlane Nearly 2400 photographers have shared over 100,000 photos with Absolute Michigan and Michigan in Pictures in the Absolute Michigan pool. We are ready to go with the next photo contest in Absolute Michigan’s Summer Photo Celebration, and we have decided to feature what nearly 8,000 photos in [...]

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Detroit Entrepreneur Launches “Facebook for Communities”

June 21, 2010 – 8:56 am

inveiglement by TerryJohnston In Q&A: Keith Zendler on Detroit’s Tipping Point, TIME magazine interviews serial entrepreneur Zendler about his newly launched Peoplemovers.com. It’s a free social media venture designed to serve as a kind of Facebook for governments, non-profits, foundations, service clubs, block clubs, school districts, churches, mosques, temples, etc. Q: What is Peoplemovers.com and [...]

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Happy Earth Day, Michigan

April 22, 2010 – 9:50 am

Happy Earth Day, Michigan! Tina’s students took these photos. Over on Michigan in Pictures today we took a look at Michigan’s ties to the first Earth Day. 2010 is the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, and the University of Michigan has some great stories about the roots of Earth Day in Michigan. In addition to [...]

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