This week, read about the manoomin stewardship guide, radon, invasive species, and more





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MI Environment Fall Scenery at Lake Superior in AuTrain, Michigan

"MI Environment Digest - December 5, 2025"

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By the Numbers: The (Fiscal) Year in brownfield redevelopment [ [link removed] ]

"December 4, 2025"

From Detroit to Elk Rapids, EGLE in Fiscal Year 2025 awarded funding to 21 redevelopment projects in 19 communities.

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Map of commercial brownfield redevelopments in 2025.

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Heading out to get a Christmas tree? Watch out for holiday hitchhikers in your tree [ [link removed] ]

"December 3, 2025"

Christmas trees may carry invasive pests that threaten Michigan’s forests and ecosystems.

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Christmas tree harvesting at a Christmas tree farm in Dimondale, Mich.

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EGLE to host three webinars for Water and Wastewater Professionals Week [ [link removed] ]

"December 2, 2025"

As part of Water and Wastewater Professionals Workforce Week, EGLE is hosting three webinars.

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Water and Wastewater Professionals Week logo and two workers.

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Lung Cancer Awareness Month is a good time to focus on the dangers from radon gas in homes, schools, and anywhere you spend lots of time indoors [ [link removed] ]

"November 26, 2025"

The four-part podcast educates everyone on the threats posed from long-term exposure to radon, a radioactive, naturally occurring gas that finds its way to indoor spaces.

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Leslie Smith III, of EGLE, joined moderator Jerry Hodak for the radon podcast.

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Winter is the best time to check trees for hemlock woolly adelgid [ [link removed] ]

"Nov. 25, 2025"

The invasive pest is now confirmed in 11 Michigan counties.

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Tree injection: A certified pesticide applicator prepares a pesticide injection for a hemlock tree infested with hemlock woolly adelgid. Courtesy DNR

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Manoomin Stewardship Guide spreads awareness and acceptances of shared understanding of wild rice in Michigan [ [link removed] ]

"Nov. 24, 2025"

The manoomin stewardship guide" "provides goals and objectives in three crucial areas: education and outreach; stewardship, and policy and protection..

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Man in canoe pushpoles on the water with manoomin. Credit: Vincent Salgado.

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