Michigan Environment Watch

Limits could go from 3 to 2 per day because recreational anglers exceeded limits with Michigan tribes.

The Whitmer administration’s announcement goes beyond lead pipe replacement to include lead found in paint, dust, soil and other elements of older homes. Advocates welcomed the news while pushing for the program to be extended across the state.

Michigan follows leads of other states with an app that allows residents to determine the level of pollution in their neighborhood. Activists press to use the tool in the permitting process.

State officials are pleading for vigilance while noting that for now, the risk of transmission to humans remains low.

Great Lakes invasive species cling to shipments and navigate canals to migrate, but one aquatic invader — sea lamprey — benefitted from border closures instead.

Samples taken from the big lake revealed widespread PFAS contamination of rainbow smelt, a popular sport fish. State officials advise consuming no more than a few smelt a month for safety reasons.

Seasonal work at Michigan’s state and local parks was once a sought-after job. Now, parks across the state are struggling to find enough workers to keep programs running.

Scientists at Michigan State University are researching how to combat an agricultural parasite infecting hopyards across the state.

A federal audit calls on regulators to ensure industrial sites are reinforced against floods, wildfires and other worsening climate hazards that could trigger chemical spills.

Conservationists cheer the comeback, but some fear it could lead to the loosening of regulations.

Hunting, trapping expanded to nine more counties. Michigan says populations are stable enough to support the expansion, but the vote comes as other states move away from such hunts.

A new $226 million allocation to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes is part of a broader, more proactive approach to how the Great Lakes region confronts invasive species issues.

A report suggests two regional refineries would close because they couldn't get enough oil. Environmentalists dispute the report's projections.

Investigators believe a nearly century-old fuel storage tank on land now being used by a metal factory may be causing the ongoing chemical leak in the Huron River.

Attorney General Dana Nessel wants two companies tied to the Morrow Dam near Kalamazoo to pay for and clean up sediment following a 2019 drawdown to repair the dam.

Legal experts say the public trust doctrine in Michigan should be expanded to protect groundwater, but they don't think legislators should target water bottling operations. They believe all users should be treated the same.

Michigan won’t emerge unscathed if society fails to limit global warming. A landmark report published Monday warns that communities across the globe are behind on planning for the coming extremes.

The Michigan Public Service Commission included climate change impact as it considers Enbridge Energy's request to move its Line 5 oil pipeline from the lake bed of the Mackinac Straits to a proposed tunnel under the Straits.

Local, state and federal crews were responding Tuesday to a chemical sheen on the waterway, just months after a gas leak from a Ford assembly plant contaminated city sewers and prompted widespread evacuations.

Federal auditors want to know whether the EPA followed a policy, created in response to the Flint water crisis, that was supposed to speed up action during future public health emergencies.