Wildlife
Researchers eye trout spawning sites from space
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Researchers discovered that satellite imagery depicting algae cover of lake beds can help identify places where lake trout spawn.
Wildlife
Bat recovery slow from white-nose syndrome
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That’s not good for margarita lovers as bats are one of the largest global pollinators of agave.
Land
Wisconsin and Illinois wetland has international importance
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Rare plants, animals and wetland types earned the Chiwaukee Illinois Beach Lake Plain designation as a Ramsar site.
Wildlife
Delisting gray wolves divides conservationists
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Conservationists weigh in on the impacts of delisting the gray wolf in Michigan.
Wildlife
Study: Less than 3 percent of eels survive Ontario dams
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Once a vital, highly nutritious food source for native Americans, researchers say the eel also suffers from longtime overfishing.
Wildlife
Great Lakes bats, butterflies, grass get grants
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Money supports research and land acquisition to protect prairie grass, Karner blue butterflies and long-eared bats.
Wildlife
Bats worth a billion in bug control
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Bats get a bad rap, but a recent Illinois study proves that they’re hard workers, and that the work they do is worth more than $1 billion to farmers.
Wildlife
Great Lakes region a hotspot for black bear poaching
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The Michigan House of Representatives is expected to consider increasing bear-poaching fines today after four people were arrested for illegally trafficking in bear parts.
Wildlife
The dawn of the Great Lakes Wolf Patrol
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An animal activist attracts the attention of a documentary filmmaker, criticism from hunters and mixed reception from other wolf protection advocates. This is the second of two-part profile of Rod Coronado.