Monarch Caterpillar Live Webcam

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I found two caterpillars on a single milkweed, and fearing for the low northern Michigan temperatures, brought them inside. They’ve escaped a few times since, and to make sure they don’t try that again, I’ve set up 24-hour monitoring.

Summer in Ann Arbor

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Ann Arbor exhales as U-Haul trucks and packed SUVs jump curbs out of town. The students who make up a quarter of the city’s population leave town for the summer. Just when restaurants begin opening up patios, they find their usual customer has an internship in D.C.

After the exodus, those left behind get to stretch out.

Huron River

Island Park on the Huron River.

Nestlé Drinking Michigan Dry

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nestle-blue-cupNestlé Waters North America runs an Ice Mountain bottled water plant in Michigan. The company has asked the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to increase its current water withdrawal limit of 150 gallons per minute (GPM) to 400 GPM at an aquifer in Evart. The company will truck the water to its plant in Stanwood, where it will be packaged up and sold. Let's review the facts to see if should MDEQ allow this increase in pumping.