We might not know exactly what a changing climate will mean for northern Michigan. But Joe VanderMeulen says we can prepare for it.
“Preserving species diversity and preserving natural areas will give us the greatest shot at retaining some of the beauty of this area,” he says.
VanderMeulen has launcheda new media projectthat focuses on climate change and related issues like development and invasive species.
Nature Change is a project of the Conservation Resource Alliance. It includes stories about dilemmas created by a changing climate—like whether to clean up the trees brought down around Glen Arbor by a freakish storm last August—and first person accounts of people who are observing changes.
VanderMeulen hopes the website will also activate citizens to help with conservation work. The site profiles conservation projects being done by partner organizations, like local land conservancies.
