Ellie Katz
Environment ReporterEllie Katz joined IPR in June 2023. She reports on science, conservation and the environment.
She's had previous stints at Heritage Radio Network, FRQNCY Media, Stitcher and Michigan Radio. She's reported on Detroit's roller derby league, dining in the metaverse, knights' training for the restaurant chain Medieval Times, and more. She also co-wrote season three of the climate change podcast A Matter of Degrees — she's thrilled to continue similar work at IPR reporting on science, conservation and the environment.
Ellie first visited Interlochen and northern Michigan shortly after moving to Grand Rapids in middle school. She's happy to have considered the state home ever since, and even happier to be back at Interlochen.
Reach out at ellie.katz@interlochen.org.
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After years of planning and legal delays, the FishPass Project in the Boardman-Ottaway River is moving ahead. -
For many northern Michigan tribes, signs to return to sugar bush and tap trees came too early this year — or didn't come at all. -
People in Central Lake can now take advantage of a drug disposal box. Environmental groups say it's a key way to prevent pollution from household pharmaceuticals. -
Lawmakers hope free hunting and fishing licenses for first responders can help draw more people to careers facing critical shortages. Conservation groups have concerns. -
Invasive hemlock woolly adelgid has been found in the Huron-Manistee National Forests. -
Despite some confusion, this season will be the first fully under the 2023 Great Lakes Fishing Decree, an agreement between the U.S., the state of Michigan and five tribes. -
Three important commissions in the Great Lakes region are signing a formal agreement to encourage collaboration on research and information-sharing. -
Fluctuating temperatures make it harder than normal for northern Michigan's cherry growers to plan for this year's crop. -
Opinions are divided over whether the state should help finance a proposed copper mine on the shores of Lake Superior. -
Research in Ontario could give us a better idea of how microplastics might affect small prey fish across the Great Lakes region.
