Ellie Katz
Environment ReporterEllie Katz reports on science, conservation and the environment, as well as producing long-form, narrative stories for the Points North podcast.
Before joining IPR in June 2023, she had stints at Heritage Radio Network, FRQNCY Media, Stitcher and Michigan Public. Her work with IPR has been featured on NPR, The Indicator from Planet Money, Here & Now, Science Friday, Bridge Michigan and more.
Ellie first visited Interlochen and northern Michigan shortly after moving to Grand Rapids, Michigan from Texas in middle school. She's happy to have considered the state home ever since.
You can reach her at ellie.katz@interlochen.org.
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For the first time since 2018, the Health Department of Northwest Michigan has updated the list of areas near Bellaire that must take special precautions when replacing or building wells. -
Last year, multiple lawsuits alleged physical and sexual abuse at a Missouri mental health facility. Around the same time, Grand Traverse County kids were sent there for treatment. -
Matthew Burner is not all that impressed with 'human music.' He composes music using the sounds of nature — a Canada goose, a tree frog, that's what gets his toe tapping. -
Passenger pigeons were once the most abundant bird in North America. But in 1914, they went extinct. Most of their last nesting grounds hugged the Great Lakes. What was it like to experience these birds? And what are we left with when we lose a species? -
The pink salmon, a species that has had a small population in the Great Lakes for 70 years, has seen a jump in numbers worldwide. Ellie Katz discusses what that means for northern Michigan. -
Pink salmon have been in the Great Lakes for 70 years. But recent growth in their numbers has scientists asking new questions.
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Whitefish haven't spawned in rivers in over a century. But that doesn't mean it's not worth a try. -
Scientists are trying to reintroduce whitefish to rivers as the species dwindles in Lake Michigan. It's not an easy job. Listen in on an overnight journey to the Jordan River. -
City manager Benjamin Marentette asks community members what they want their public spaces to look like. -
Maple season is in full swing here at Hidden Acres Sugar Bush in Gaylord, a business run by Jennifer RiChard and her husband. But it wasn’t so long ago that none of this seemed possible. A look at how the sugar bush is recovering a year after an ice storm devastated tens of millions of trees across northern Michigan, including many sugar maples.
