Here are today’s articles:

The Detroit News reports on a neat ecological compromise that allows for good trout habitat on Paint Creek in the northern Detroit suburbs:

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071127/METRO/711270352/1009/rss02

The Detroit News also reports this park update from Southfield:

Southfield : Game fish released into lake

City officials along with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently released more than 14,000 native game fish into Carpenter Lake as part of the lake restoration project that started in 2004. The 42-acre park is being developed into a nature preserve with sustainable fish and wildlife habitats for recreational fishing. Other improvements include nature trails and boardwalks with interpretive signs. The park, located on 10 Mile Road just east of Inkster Road, is set to open spring 2008. A nature center is scheduled to open in 2010.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071127/METRO02/711270344/1009/rss02

The Detroit News also has this update about the I-275 bikeway:

Northville: Bike trail may be expanded

A deteriorating 35-mile bike trail along Interstate 275 that spans 13 communities in Wayne, Monroe and Oakland counties could be expanded north up M-5 to Pontiac. State officials are mulling plans for the trail, built in the 1970s. The Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance requests input during an open house 7 p.m. Dec. 5 at the REI store in Northville, 17559 Haggerty.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071127/METRO01/711270347/1006/rss01

Here’s another Detroit News excerpt:

Green Oak Twp.:Riparians host meeting

An open house will be held at 7 tonight at Green Oak Township Hall regarding the Huron Riparian Buffer Initiative, a pilot project to protect and preserve natural shoreline areas along local streams, lakes and the Huron River. The Township Hall is at 10001 Silver Lake Road. For information, call the Huron River Watershed Council at (734) 769-5123, Ext. 15.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071127/METRO04/711270329/1015/rss04

Ohio State Historical Society is considering the transfer of four NW Ohio sites to local agencies.  These include Inscription Rock and the Glacial Grooves on Kelley’s Island, according to the Toledo Blade:

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071127/NEWS17/711270346/-1/RSS08

The City of Ann Arbor released a report on the operation of its two municipal golf courses today, according to the Ann Arbor News.  It is conceivable that the courses could become public greenspace in the future:

http://tinyurl.com/2aj7o7

The Toledo Blade has an update on the Toledo Botanical Gardens master plan process:

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071127/NEWS16/711270359/-1/RSS10

The Grand Rapids Press has a neat article about a man who has created a web site to forecast the surfing weather at Grand Haven on Lake Michigan:

http://tinyurl.com/29hjac

http://www.SurfGrandHaven.com

I want to visit the Sojourner Truth gravesite in Battle Creek sometime.  Here’s an article about a ceremony at the site in the Battle Creek Enquirer:

http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071126/NEWS01/711260312/1002/NEWS01

The Traverse City Record Eagle has an update on a study of dams on the Boardman River.  Like many old dams, they are getting costly to maintain:

http://www.record-eagle.com/local/local_story_330094703.html

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