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Macomb County Library events and activities for all ages

Local hunters are encouraged to gather in Richmond at an upcoming event of fellowship, food and, for those who bag a buck on the opening day of firearms season, a chance to exercise bragging rights. The 13th annual Buck Pole will be held on Nov. 15 – 16 from 2-9 p.m. at Dick Huvaere’s Richmond […]

Lake St. Clair is important year-round for drinking water, recreation, business.

"We need a collaborative approach to saving this species and that means connecting with partners abroad and at home."

Current conservation practices likely won’t do enough to save the black tern, a migratory bird species that nests in the northern U.S. and southern Canada, from disappearing.

Wednesday, planning commission officials signed off on special-use permission for a Harsens Island cafe, as well as a zoning change for a retail outfit.

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 7:00pm Central

The Enbridge pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac gets all the attention. But a sprawling industrial complex in Ontario has a long history of chemical spills and botched communications with its coastal neighbors in Michigan.

It's not a canary in the coal mine, but a tern in the wetland that's got conservationist worried about the environmental health of migratory birds and the Great Lakes wetlands.

St. Clair Flats is home to a wide variety of birds. The DNR manages water levels and grows food to create the ideal habitat.