Echo
Endangered Great Lakes rattler once had a bounty
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A species unique to the Great Lakes region once had a bounty on its head, but now experts are trying to save it.
Wildlife
Backyard birders get a win in the Michigan legislature
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Fewer Michigan residents with sloppy backyard birds could be ticketed for potentially spreading disease among deer and elk under a bill the state Senate recently sent to the governor’s desk.
Wildlife
FishPass stays off November ballot, will be decided in appeals court
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The fate of Traverse City, Michigan’s FishPass project will be decided in court.
Wildlife
Clean your birdhouses regularly?
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After birds lay their eggs and their fledglings take off in the spring, you might have an empty bird box at this point. Should you clean out the nest they leave behind?
Wildlife
Homeowners to track invasive moths
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Michigan State University Extension is conducting a program to help monitor an invasive moth species.
Wildlife
Depleted wetlands impact freshwater turtles in Toronto
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Freshwater turtles have become less abundant in coastal areas of Greater Toronto that have significantly decreased wetlands.
Wildlife
Mapping pathways for roaming cougars
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Cougar habitat in North America has been shrinking due to development, land fragmentation and “human-induced mortality,” wildlife researchers warn.
Beer
Birds and Brews: Pour one out for the piping plover
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Piping plovers, a small white-and-gray shorebird with striking orange legs, are making a comeback this summer – on the beach and at the bar.
Commentary
Commentary: Mourning roadkill
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Michigan is number eight in a national ranking by the State Farm insurance company of where drivers are most likely to collide with an animal.
Catch of the Day
Michigan offers $1 million to improve wildlife habitat
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Reinstatement of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Habitat Grant Program could provide significant funding for many habitat projects this year, the department said.