Across the Great Lakes, water resource systems in urban areas have been heavily altered by human development. But a new vision is emerging; one in which cities move from fragmentation to integration, treating water as a single, holistic resource.
See how green infrastructure can greatly reduce the negative effects of our roadways on the Great Lakes.
To protect its 6,800 acres of parkland, Oakland County has to find cost-effective methods of managing invasive species.
A Q&A with Lisa Brush of The Stewardship Network, a group that has revolutionized how Michigan's land managers strategize and collaborate to keep natural areas healthy, functional, and free from invasive species.
A brief overview of the deep-seated challenges to true regionalism in metro Detroit.
Metro Detroit's communities have begun to realize the importance of thinking and acting regionally. Can they build on the momentum of the last decade when it comes issues like equity, transit, and the environment?
In the Great Lakes, we drive to get where we are going. And with tens of thousands of lane-miles of roadway across the basin, in both urban areas and rural areas, the impact of all of that hard surface on our waterways adds up.
Race and class collide along the stark border separating Detroit and Grosse Pointe Park. Can these two communities come together as neighbors?
As the city of Detroit recovers from bankruptcy, county power dynamics shift, and regional issues like water, sewer, transit, education and energy come to the fore, the borders that circumscribe metropolitan Detroit will impact an array of important issues affecting us all.
Hazel Park is building on its strong bones toward reinvention as an affordable hub for millennials.
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