Izzy Ross

Reporter at WICA-FM (Traverse City, MI)

regional reporter @grist + Interlochen Public Radio 📻✏️climate + environment out of northern MI |previously @kdlgradio 🎧🎙️🐟 |she/her |views are my own

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Smoke expected to lift in northern Michigan, but more could be on the way

21 hours ago | heraldpalladium.com | Izzy Ross

A smoky haze settled over Traverse City, as seen from the top of Copper Ridge Drive on June 26, 2023. Smoke caused poor air quality and hampered visibility across northern Michigan. (Photo: Ed Ronco/IPR News)kAmk6>m%9:D 4@G6C286 :D >256 A@DD:3=6 E9C@F89 2 A2CE?6CD9:A 36EH66? x!# 2?5k^6>m k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^8C:DE]@C8^Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qmk6>mvC:DEk^6>mk^2mk6>m[ 2 ?@?AC@7:E 6?G:C@?>6?E2= >65:2 @C82?:K2E:@?]k^6>mk^AmkAm k^AmkAmr2?25:2? H:=57:C6 D>@<6 E92E 3=6H :?E@ E96 vC62E {2<6D C68:@?
Smoke expected to lift in northern Michigan, but more could be on the way

22 hours ago | michiganadvance.com | Izzy Ross

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Canadian wildfire smoke that blew into the Great Lakes region is expected to clear from northern Michigan this weekend — at least for now. The Michigan Air Quality Division said Thursday morning that the heavy smoke across the Upper Peninsula was already clearing out.
Smoke expected to lift in northern Michigan, but more could be on the way

1 day ago | wdet.org | Izzy Ross

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Canadian wildfire smoke that blew into the Great Lakes region is expected to clear from northern Michigan this weekend — at least for now. The Michigan Air Quality Division said Thursday morning that the heavy smoke across the Upper Peninsula was already clearing out.
Smoke expected to lift in northern Michigan, but more could be on the way

2 days ago | interlochenpublicradio.org | Izzy Ross

Canadian wildfire smoke that blew into the Great Lakes region is expected to clear from northern Michigan this weekend — at least for now. The Michigan Air Quality Division said Thursday morning that the heavy smoke across the Upper Peninsula was already clearing out. Earlier in the week, there were unhealthy levels of fine particulate matter in the air across parts of the Upper Peninsula, with smoke reaching northern Lower Michigan and settling here for days before moving further south.
‘The sand had moved on’: Sleeping Bear Dunes platform removed

1 week ago | heraldpalladium.com | Izzy Ross

The platform off the Lake Michigan Overlook, also called the Number 9 Overlook, along the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. (Photo: Ed Ronco/IPR News)kAmk6>m%9:D 4@G6C286 :D >256 A@DD:3=6 E9C@F89 2 A2CE?6CD9:A 36EH66? x!# 2?5k^6>m k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^8C:DE]@C8^Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qmk6>mvC:DEk^6>mk^2mk6>m[ 2 ?@?AC@7:E 6?G:C@?>6?E2= >65:2 @C82?:K2E:@?]k^6>mk^AmkAmk6>m k^6>mk^AmkAm%96 $=66A:?8 q62C sF?6D 92G6 366?
Sleeping Bear Dunes platform removed • Michigan Advance

1 week ago | michiganadvance.com | Izzy Ross

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The Sleeping Bear Dunes have been active systems for millennia, shifting with the weather or fixed by vegetation. But changes can seem sudden, especially when measured against human infrastructure. That was the case with a popular wooden viewing platform at the Lake Michigan Overlook’s stop #9 along Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
'It's catastrophic'

1 week ago | reflector.com | Katie Myers |Izzy Ross |Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

On a recent Friday afternoon, Marie Richards sat in her living room in northern Michigan. She was having a hard time talking about her job at the U.S. Forest Service in the past tense.
US Forest Service firings decimate already understaffed agency: 'It's catastrophic'

1 week ago | dailyadvance.com | Katie Myers |Izzy Ross |Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

Seattle, WA (Grist)On a recent Friday afternoon, Marie Richards sat in her living room in northern Michigan. She was having a hard time talking about her job at the U.S. Forest Service in the past tense. kAmQx 23D@=FE6=J =@G65 >J ;@3[Q D96 D2:5] Qx 5:5?VE H2?E E@ 8@]Qk^AmkAm#:492C5D[ 2 4:E:K6? @7 E96 $2F=E $E6] |2C:6 %C:36 @7 r9:AA6H2 x?5:2?D[ H2D 2 EC:32= C6=2E:@?D DA64:2=:DE 2E E96 wFC@?\|2?:DE66 }2E:@?2= u@C6DED] x? >:5\u63CF2CJ[ D96 7@F?5 @FE D96 H2D @?6 @7 E96 D@>6 b[c__ H@C<6CD H9@ 925 366?
US Forest Service firings decimate already understaffed agency: 'It's catastrophic'

1 week ago | voiceofalexandria.com | Katie Myers |Izzy Ross |Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

On a recent Friday afternoon, Marie Richards sat in her living room in northern Michigan. She was having a hard time talking about her job at the U.S. Forest Service in the past tense. "I absolutely loved my job," she said. "I didn't want to go."Richards, a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, was a tribal relations specialist at the Huron-Manistee National Forests.
US Forest Service firings decimate already understaffed agency: 'It's catastrophic'

1 week ago | plaindealerin.com | Katie Myers |Izzy Ross |Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

Seattle, WA (Grist)On a recent Friday afternoon, Marie Richards sat in her living room in northern Michigan. She was having a hard time talking about her job at the U.S. Forest Service in the past tense. kAmQx 23D@=FE6=J =@G65 >J ;@3[Q D96 D2:5] Qx 5:5?VE H2?E E@ 8@]Qk^AmkAm#:492C5D[ 2 4:E:K6? @7 E96 $2F=E $E6] |2C:6 %C:36 @7 r9:AA6H2 x?5:2?D[ H2D 2 EC:32= C6=2E:@?D DA64:2=:DE 2E E96 wFC@?\|2?:DE66 }2E:@?2= u@C6DED] x? >:5\u63CF2CJ[ D96 7@F?5 @FE D96 H2D @?6 @7 E96 D@>6 b[c__ H@C<6CD H9@ 925 366?