The Catch: Fayette Historic State Park is home to some of the oldest trees in eastern North America
At Fayette Historic State Park in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, limestone cliffs are home to some of the oldest trees...
Annamarie Sysling is a producer for Detroit Public TV's Great Lakes Now.
She is a former producer for “Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson.” She also focuses on solutions-oriented environmental stories as a reporter.
Sysling was an intern at WDET beginning in 2012 and has worked as a freelance reporter, producer and storyteller for a variety of media outlets. She was hired by WDET in 2014 as a part-time reporter and anchor, and became a full time producer for Detroit Today in the Fall of 2019. For her 30th birthday, she went to the U.S.-Mexico border and volunteered in the Sonoran Desert searching for migrants with a humanitarian aid group.
When she’s not at work, Sysling is likely walking through the city, practicing yoga or out in her garden.
The Catch: Shoreline shipwrecks
This web article was previously published by The Catch. This month of The Catch features a look at shoreline shipwrecks in Michigan....
Bandhu Gardens Cultivating Fruit, Vegetables and Friendship in Detroit
Rooted shares stories about land tending, community healing and regeneration happening right here on the ancestral land of the Indigenous Anishinaabe, the...
Updates Abound at Newly Reopened Belle Isle Aquarium
Belle Isle Conservancy After more than a year, the Belle Isle Aquarium has reopened its doors to the public. The...
Detroit Community and Cultural Organizer Uses Food as a Medium for Ancestral Healing
Rooted shares stories about land tending, community healing and regeneration happening right here on the ancestral land of the Indigenous Anishinaabe, the...
Feedom Freedom Growers and Taproot Sanctuary Growing Community Care Through Gardening
Rooted shares stories about land tending, community healing and regeneration happening right here on the ancestral land of the Indigenous Anishinaabe, the...
Greenway Development Taking Shape in Detroit as Public Interest Grows
Greenways are corridors of land dedicated to recreation and environmental preservation. From the 27.5-mile-long Joe Louis Greenway project, to development of the...
Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund Launches Second-Year Crowdfunding Campaign
Rooted shares stories about land tending, community healing and regeneration happening right here on the ancestral land of the Indigenous Anishinaabe, the...
Belle Isle Nature Center Celebrates Summer in the City With New Outdoor Programming
The new offerings at Belle Isle's Nature Center include a variety of options like the Nature Tots program, guided mindfulness,...
Tlingit Urban Farmer Kirsten Kirby Shoote on the Power of Connecting to Ancestral Foodways
Rooted shares stories about land tending, community healing and regeneration happening right here on the ancestral land of the Indigenous Anishinaabe, the...
Massive Detroit River Sturgeon Captures America’s Imagination
Last Thursday started out like any other day on the Detroit River for three scientists with the U.S. Fish and...
Dazmonique Carr of Deeply Rooted Produce Aims To Change the Narrative of Farmers and Food Growers
Rooted is WDET’s newest offering of stories about land tending, community healing and regeneration happening right here on the ancestral land...