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Michigan cranks up testing deer for chronic wasting disease
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The Michigan DNR has been ramping up its testing of deer for chronic wasting disease, including new testing efforts in Montcalm, Mecosta and Kent counties.
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Push on to improve conservation education
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Public schools don’t focus enough attention on teaching about conservation as part of the science curricula, a DNR expert and Michigan United Conservation Clubs say.
Recreation
Wildlife cooperatives boost conservation and habitat
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Wildlife cooperatives are bringing landowners together to improve habitat and other land conservation efforts.
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Fewer fishing, hunting licenses mean less conservation money
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As the number of hunting and fishing licenses sold in the state drops, DNR and Michigan United Conservation Clubs warn that money for wildlife habitat protection is shrinking as well. For news and outdoors pages.
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Could hunting or U.P. wolves solve Isle Royale moose problem?
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With only one surviving wolf known on Isle Royale, the national park’s moose population is climbing without predators to keep the numbers under control.
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Perfect storm shrinks volunteer corps that protects Michigan shipwrecks
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The state preserves, which protect sunken ships and natural features, receive no state money.
Water
Michigan protects more than a dozen shipwreck areas
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More than a dozen underwater preserves along Michigan’s Great Lakes coastlines have been established to protect hundreds of shipwrecks.
Water
Video: Ice balls, ice volcanoes and more ice on the Great Lakes
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If you like ice, you have to love the Great Lakes, where it comes in all shapes and sizes. With the recent deep freeze, we’re seeing a lot more ice than in the past few winters — including a frosty Niagara Falls.
Air
Drones raise issue: Who controls prison airspace?
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State officials say that Michigan prisons are buzzed by drones almost weekly as people try to get cell phones, drugs and other contraband to inmates. State lawmakers want to ban flights over prisons, but they’re stepping on the toes of the FAA which regulates the nation’s airspace.
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Michigan wants lead out of all pipes in 20 years
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New rules would require pipe replacement and reduce the acceptable level of lead in drinking water from 15 parts per billion to 10 parts per billion.