First came the mice. Then, Lyme disease.
Early in his career, Phil Myers was teaching an ecology course at a research station just south of the Mackinac Bridge, near Pellston. Before the seme...
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Points North is a ten-minute weekly show from Interlochen Public Radio where we explore northern Michigan through the news, people and places. The show connects you with life in the region through carefully crafted journalism and sound-rich storytelling.
Points North: Finding the hemlock killer
Last month, a bug the size of a fleck of pepper was found in a hemlock tree in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The invasive bug is called ...
Points North: Where are all the martens?
There was a plan to release hundreds of pine martens — a slender, furry predator native to the Upper Midwest — in Michigan's lower peninsula over seve...
Points North: A multi-million-dollar fisheries project is suddenly on hold
A years-long effort to build an experimental fish ladder on the Boardman River in Traverse City is in jeopardy. That’s all because of a man who decide...
Points North: Michigan's apolitical conservation legacy
A century ago, Michigan decided politics was not useful for protecting the state’s forests, water and wildlife. A commission was set up to manage natu...
Points North: Should future plans for Line 5 consider climate change?
The plan to dig a nearly four-mile tunnel underneath the Straits of Mackinac and replace the Line 5 oil and gas pipelines continues to move forward.
Points North: Winter recreation on a warming planet
Warmer winter temperatures are causing snow totals in many areas around the Great Lakes to drop dramatically. Scientists say a warmer climate means co...
Points North: Winter ice will become a memory on many Michigan lakes
Grand Traverse Bay and inland lakes across Michigan, like Lake Leelanau and Torch Lake , will be ice-free by the end of the century if carbon emission...
Points North: The elaborate plan to keep invasive carp from the Great Lakes
At a lock and dam site in the suburbs of Chicago, there’s a plan to build a set of booby traps to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes. It...
Points North: A standoff over commercial fishing in Michigan
A dispute between Michigan's Department of Natural Resources and the commercial fishing industry is heading to court. The state announced it will proh...