This week, read about invasive species, the importance of sandbag removal, and air quality alerts





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"MI Environment Digest - August 25, 2023"

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EGLE adds air quality data to webpage [ [link removed] ]

"August 25, 2023"

EGLE?s Air Quality Division is adding up-to-date information related to the number and type of Air Quality Alerts to its webpage.

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Chart showing Air Quality Action Days 2023 to date.

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EGLE asks property owners to remove temporary sandbags along lakes Michigan, Huron, St. Clair, and Erie [ [link removed] ]

"August 24, 2023"

Bags will degrade, putting microplastics in water.

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Sandbags installed at toe of bluff.

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Two more invasives to look for in Michigan [ [link removed] ]

"August 23, 2023"

Mountain pine beetle, a deadly threat to pine trees, and water-primrose, a fast-spreading aquatic plant, have been added to the watch list.

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Yellow flower of the invasive aquatic water-primrose species. Graves Lovell, Alabama Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bugwood.org.

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Heading outdoors? Take 10 to check trees for invasive Asian longhorned beetle [ [link removed] ]

"August 21, 2023"

Looking for the beetle and the damage it causes is one way to protect trees and help the USDA?s efforts to eliminate this beetle from the United States.

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Asian longhorned beetle is a large, shiny black beetle with irregular white spots and black and white banded antennae. Courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ.

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