Environment

Published April 25, 2018

Madison Heights announces no-fee brush chipping week, Spring Cleanup Day

MADISON HEIGHTS — During the week of May 7, Madison Heights residents can place their branches and brush at the curb for chipping, free of charge. And on Spring Cleanup Day, May 12, residents can bring in all kinds of trash to the Department of Public Services for proper disposal.Read More

Published April 25, 2018

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Eastpointe Beautification Commission to spearhead Earth Day cleanup

EASTPOINTE — The Eastpointe Beautification Commission will host Earth Day Clean Up and Eat Up from 9 to 11 a.m. April 28. Volunteers will meet at Eight Mile Road and Gratiot Avenue to clean up litter in the city.Read More

Published April 24, 2018

Grosse Pointe Times

Shores Arbor Day event continues to grow

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — This year marks Grosse Pointe Shores’ 15th anniversary as a Tree City USA, and the city is celebrating this occasion with a bigger than ever Arbor Day event.

Published April 24, 2018

C&G Newspapers

Officials warn to avoid wounding oak trees to prevent oak wilt

METRO DETROIT — Officials say that oak wilt, caused by an invasive fungus spread by beetles attracted to fresh-cut sap, is exploding through Michigan, and now is the peak time to take preventative measures to save oak trees.

Published April 20, 2018

Warren Weekly

Students get a kick out of solar presentation

WARREN — Detroit Lions punter Sam Martin and representatives from Power Home Solar teamed up for a special visit April 18 to Carter Middle School.

Published April 20, 2018

C&G Newspapers

Scientists discuss quake that rattled metro Detroit

No, that wasn’t a semi dodging a pothole that shook your house April 19. It was an earthquake. According to the United States Geological Survey, a magnitude 3.6 earthquake hit Amherstberg, Ontario, just after 8 p.m. April 19. Amherstberg is about 30 miles south of Windsor.

Published April 16, 2018

Royal Oak Review

Green infrastructure report to help city implement improvements

ROYAL OAK — On April 9, the City Commission heard from representatives who worked on a 2017 Royal Oak stormwater management study for green infrastructure, which identifies green infrastructure and stormwater management options to reduce the amount of water entering the city’s sewer system.

Published April 12, 2018

West Bloomfield Beacon

New initiative bolsters lake monitoring program

PONTIAC — The Oakland County Board of Commissioners has launched its latest project, the Healthy Lakes Initiative, to plenty of success, registering 60 new lakes with the program.

Published April 12, 2018

C&G Newspapers

Public Works commences phosphorus testing

MACOMB COUNTY — Officials with the Macomb County Public Works Office have started a series of tests on county waterways, checking for levels of phosphorus, a natural element often used in fertilizers that can be harmful to lakes and streams if found in concentrated levels.

The first 1,000 guests to take a sustainability tour highlighting the anaerobic digester during an April 14 GreenFest event will receive a 5-gallon bucket of Detroit Zoo Poo compost. The pictured 5-gallon box will be available for $10 at the zoo’s gift shop.

Published April 10, 2018

Rochester Post

Detroit Zoo to hold GreenFest event April 14

ROYAL OAK — The Detroit Zoo will distribute 5-gallon buckets of its signature Detroit Zoo Poo compost, which it creates in its anaerobic digester, during its sixth annual GreenFest.

Published April 10, 2018

Southfield Sun

Recycling events to celebrate Earth Day

With Earth Day right around the corner, several local entities are offering residents an opportunity to reduce their footprint and recycle.

Published April 10, 2018

C&G Newspapers

Fundraiser to raise a toast to the Rouge

METRO DETROIT — Raise your glass if you support the Rouge River.

Published April 9, 2018

Madison - Park News

Volunteers needed to plant trees at Scout Park, Karam Park

Looking to restore the tree canopy at two local parks, the city of Hazel Park is teaming up with the state and a nonprofit specializing in trees, and volunteers are needed.

Published April 9, 2018

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Beverly Hills challenges MDEQ on water lead level results

BEVERLY HILLS — The village of Beverly Hills is challenging findings by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality showing elevated lead levels in the community.

Published April 9, 2018

C&G Newspapers

Fundraiser to raise a toast to the Rouge

METRO DETROIT — Raise your glass if you support the Rouge River. The Raise One for the Rouge fundraiser will be held 5-7 p.m. April 21 at Schoolcraft College, 18600 Haggerty Road in Livonia, to support Friends of the Rouge endeavors.

Published April 5, 2018

West Bloomfield Beacon

West Bloomfield bans coal tar use in township

WEST BLOOMFIELD — Homeowners looking to redo their driveways this summer will have to watch what they’re putting down.

Musician, songwriter and storyteller Michael Deren gets into character March 21 while displaying artifacts related to the Erie Canal at Macomb Community College’s Lorenzo Cultural Center in Clinton Township.

Published April 5, 2018

C&G Newspapers

Traveling back in time on the Erie Canal

MACOMB COUNTY — The Erie Canal — the waterway that begins at the Hudson River in New York and drains into Lake Erie — is 363 miles long.

More than 70 acres of this parcel, which contains regulated wetlands off Square Lake Road, east of John R Road, will be restored as a nature preserve.

Published April 3, 2018

Troy Times

Troy School District moves forward on ‘Turtle Woods’

TROY — A divided Troy School District Board of Education took the first steps to establish a nature preserve, tentatively named “Turtle Woods” for the turtles that live in the more than 70 acres of regulated wetlands on Square Lake Road, east of John R Road.

Published April 3, 2018

Royal Oak Review

Communities to celebrate Earth Day, Arbor Day

ROYAL OAK/CLAWSON — The month of April incorporates both Earth Day and Arbor Day, and Royal Oak and Clawson are making it easier for the community to be environmentally minded by offering local events.

Employees Heather Reynolds, left, from Milford, and Hannah Johnson, from Waterford, sort hazardous household items at a past Resource Recovery and Recycling Authority of Southwest Oakland County household hazardous waste collection event in Novi.

Published April 2, 2018

C&G Newspapers

Annual hazmat collection day on tap through RRRASOC

FARMINGTON HILLS/SOUTHFIELD — During the semiannual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day in participating communities throughout Oakland County, residents will soon have a chance to dispose of dangerous products lurking in their homes.