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From: Great Lakes Today

We travel to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan, where officials are finding dozens of dead birds washed onto the beach. Scientists...

Bought by WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WLPR , and WBFO

Can we sell cattails -- and save wetlands?

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Harvester amid the cattails, Credit: Sam Corden

Researchers are harvesting invasive cattails, and seeking commercial uses for them

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO

The Aftermath of an Ellis Act Eviction

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: San Francisco's North Beach where Marla Knight has lived for 48 years, Credit: Daniel Schwen

Marla Knight is packing up her home of 48 years. She’s been evicted from her North Beach apartment because the owners are converting it to tenancie...

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Drought Keeps Oklahoma Pilot Grounded

From: StateImpact Oklahoma

Caption: Harold Blackledge, a 79-year-old agricultural pilot, stands in front of his 1975 Piper Pawnee Brave in one of his hangars at the Watonga Regional Airport. The drought — the worst he’s seen — has dried up aerial spraying work in Oklahoma, he says., Credit: Joe Wertz

The drought that settled into Oklahoma last year is getting worse. And it’s hurting business owners such as Harold Blackledge, an agricultural pilo...

A look inside California’s toughest prison

From: KALW

Caption: Watchtower at Pelican Bay State Prison, Credit: Rina Palta

If you’re convicted of committing a felony in California, you can end up in many kinds of prisons. Steal a lot of money in a Ponzi scheme – you mig...

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

The affordable housing waiting game

From: KALW

Caption: Section 8 Housing in Oakland., Credit: ourtesy of the Oakland Housing Authority

Recently, Oakland’s Housing Authority opened the waitlist for a special type of Section 8 vouchers for the first time in five years. These coveted ...