This week in Sidewalk Botany:

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A common allergen and a 'noxious weed' -- both native plants that offer food for wildlife!

How has flooding impacted Belle Isle’s ‘imperiled’ Wet-Mesic Flatwoods forest?

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Drone photographs show masses of dead canopy trees on Belle Isle, especially where Lake Okonoka has inundated the island’s Wet-Mesic…

Still battling COVID-19, Michigan braces for an unprecedented flu season

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Michigan’s COVID-19 caseload remains relatively low compared to national rates, and leaders in Detroit have touted the city’s low positivity…

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How Southwest Detroit’s 48217 zip code became known as the ‘most polluted’ in Michigan

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Detroit's 48217 zip code is known as the "most polluted" in Michigan -- here's how it got that moniker, and…

OPINION | Fix the damn dams: Rethinking excessive privatization of public infrastructure

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The May 19 flooding that struck Midland, which has been described as an event that happens once in 500 years,…

Life in the cracks:

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The A.W.E. Society and Planet Detroit’s Detroiters Do Science Project are pleased to announce an open call for photos, artwork,…

New food trucks carve out a niche serving Jamaican and Nigerian cuisine in Northwest Detroit

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Like restaurants, many Detroit food trucks are struggling -- but Jamaica Mi Hungry 313 and Fork in Nigeria have both…

Metro Detroit teacher-parents’ back-to-school options leave them scrambling and stretched thin

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“Many people tell me I’m lucky to be a teacher, but they don’t understand that after trying to teach and…

Denise Fair, top Detroit health official, on making tough calls for a city in crisis

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How Denise Fair, the top health official in Detroit, makes tough calls during the COVID-19 crisis -- while trying not…