My weekend routine, during the many years we lived on White Lake in White Lake Township, always included having to wipe down the white...

The song of the American bullfrog echoes across a muggy, Michigan summer night. The flight of the dragonfly across gentle splashing waves and the annual mayfly swarm fills the afternoon gentle breeze. The dance of otters, the laziness of turtles sunning themselves as the ever so majestic loons dive for their dinner and sing their songs to gather their mates.

A new statewide program that allows for the capture and euthanasia of Canada geese for qualified applicants has animal rights advocates questioning The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) while giving property owners additional routes for the removal of nuisance geese.

The United States banned leaded gasoline beginning with cars made in 1975. During this time, the nascent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which had just been founded in 1970 under the Clean Air Act, ruled that leaded fuel posed health hazards for humans, especially in brain development of fetuses, infants and young children. The last gallon of leaded gasoline was pumped into the last car by January 1, 1996. As a result, there was a dramatic decrease in ambient lead leve