United Earth News
Underway at the University of Michigan

The Endangered Species Report™

The State of the Ark™ News

A daily program of endangered-species and ecology news — reported by students, from Bee-Team™ crews in the field to campus newsrooms that research and build the stories with faculty experts. The first pilot is already shot — your support puts the student-led daily show on the air.

What it is

Ecology news, reported by students — in the field and on campus.

The Report keeps the public up to date on Bee-Team™ rescue news and the “State of the Ark™” — the real condition of the species around us — through daily stories, reporting, and documentary journalism.

Daily ecology news

Endangered-species and ecology reporting that keeps life’s crisis in front of the public, every day.

State of the Ark™ reports

Field data from Bee-Teams becomes on-the-ground reporting on the species in each region.

Field crews & campus newsrooms

Bee-Team crews report from the field while campus students research, develop, and fact-check the stories with faculty experts.

How we put it on the air

The pilot is shot. Here’s how it becomes daily.

A first pilot has already been produced by University of Michigan students. Funding the newsroom is what turns that pilot into a daily program — and we have a clear path to get there.

1

Establish the hub

Set up news central — the newsroom and work-study team — at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

2

Launch the daily broadcast

Put the show on the air with student news anchors delivering the day’s endangered-species and ecology stories.

3

Build the student network

Managed from the hub, UEF brings university chapters and high-school teams online — students staffing the work and passing the baton semester to semester.

4

Grow the movement

Start with six founding universities and initial high-school teams, then grow chapter by chapter across the country.

A first look

A first look at the pilot.

Student anchors delivering the “State of the Ark™ News” — a first look at the pilot already shot at the University of Michigan. Independent by design: funded by the public, so the reporting always stays factual.

Help put it on the air →
Student anchors on the Endangered Species Report pilot show, shot at the University of Michigan
The Endangered Species Report™ — Pilot Show, shot at the University of Michigan

Legacy productions help fund the mission. UEF’s five-decade catalog — documentaries, interviews, and historic Detroit rock recordings (1967–1970) — is sold to support the bee rescue and the Report.

“A Day with Rolling Thunder” docuseries → Kick Out the Jams — historic Detroit rock →
“Birds have wings — they fly. Animals have feet — they run. Man has the capacity of time-binding — he binds time.”
— Alfred Korzybski
He binds time. UEF saves life.

Help make the State of the Ark™ a daily report.

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