Erosion https://www.wcmu.org/tags/erosion Erosion en-US Copyright Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMT Increased precipitation, foot traffic pose trail erosion problems at Lake Michigan parks https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-10-20/increased-precipitation-foot-traffic-pose-trail-erosion-problems-at-lake-michigan-parks Park trails along Lake Michigan’s shoreline in Michigan and Wisconsin are eroding because of more frequent extreme precipitation events and increased foot traffic from visitors in undesignated recreation areas. Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-10-20/increased-precipitation-foot-traffic-pose-trail-erosion-problems-at-lake-michigan-parks Lauren Coin, Capital News Service Off-trail ORVs destroy Michigan ecosystems and the DNR can't keep up https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-09-03/off-trail-orvs-destroy-michigan-ecosystems-and-the-dnr-cant-keep-up With almost 300,000 off-road vehicles hitting northern Michigan trails every year, Michigan’s state forests are reaching a breaking point. Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:00:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-09-03/off-trail-orvs-destroy-michigan-ecosystems-and-the-dnr-cant-keep-up Austin Rowlader Years after high water crisis, lax policies leave Michigan coast vulnerable https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-08-25/years-after-high-water-crisis-lax-policies-leave-michigan-coast-vulnerable Extreme rainfall and reduced evaporation during the 2010s caused the Great Lakes to rise to record-breaking levels by 2020, swallowing up beaches and digging away at the dunes behind them, threatening waterfront homes like the Brickleys’ which is in Berrien County. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 09:00:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-08-25/years-after-high-water-crisis-lax-policies-leave-michigan-coast-vulnerable Emilio Perez Ibarguen Property owners can remove sandbags from shoreline, state says https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-07-06/property-owners-can-remove-sandbags-from-shoreline-state-says The sandbags were meant to be temporary to prevent erosion during record-high water levels three years ago. Thu, 06 Jul 2023 21:59:23 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-07-06/property-owners-can-remove-sandbags-from-shoreline-state-says Teresa Homsi Lake levels to remain high - could go even higher according to Army Corps of Engineers https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2020-04-02/lake-levels-to-remain-high-could-go-even-higher-according-to-army-corps-of-engineers As they navigate a pandemic, Michigan residents will also be increasingly impacted by high lake levels this year.The US Army Corps of Engineers is… Thu, 02 Apr 2020 19:18:50 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2020-04-02/lake-levels-to-remain-high-could-go-even-higher-according-to-army-corps-of-engineers Legislation would allow residents to begin protecting against erosion before receiving state permit https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2020-01-15/legislation-would-allow-residents-to-begin-protecting-against-erosion-before-receiving-state-permit New legislation would allow Michigan residents to use shoreline erosion protection before getting a state permit when lake levels are high.The state has… Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:47:17 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2020-01-15/legislation-would-allow-residents-to-begin-protecting-against-erosion-before-receiving-state-permit Erosion threatens coastal property along Great Lakes https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2018-06-15/erosion-threatens-coastal-property-along-great-lakes Lisa Kenion lives in Euclid, right off of Lake Erie. She’s a member of the Moss Point Beach Club, a neighborhood with a private little patch of lakefront… Fri, 15 Jun 2018 20:45:02 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2018-06-15/erosion-threatens-coastal-property-along-great-lakes Elizabeth Miller