A lifetime of taking in Michigan’s pristine wilderness coupled with a calling to protect it has led Colleen Linn into the research field, analyzing the division in why some people care about environmental issues and others don’t. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
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Michigan’s ‘Very Big Opportunity’ in Infrastructure Windfall
By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue
This story is part of “Water’s True Cost,” a series by the Great Lakes News Collaborative focused on the rising cost of water in Michigan and the various causes leading to the state of water systems today. Find the rest of the stories in the series here.