Bridge Michigan quoted Nancy Langston in a story about the impacts of climate change on Michigan winters. The article highlights the residents whose identities and livelihoods are tied to the winter season. The Michigan climate change impacts story also ran in Bridge Detroit.
“We’re northern people, who have chosen to live in a cold, remote place at the edge of the universe. And people who live here are really proud of that. Who we are is shaped by our relationships not just with other humans, but our relationships with the trees around us, the snow, the caribou, the fish, sturgeon … these relationships are pulling apart.”
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