Wildlife
Rooting out wild pig’s impact in Michigan
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There’s new research showing that pigs in the north root up native plants and rob the soil of key nutrients plants need to flourish.
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Americans agree on animal protection; experts disagree on which ones need it
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In a time of extreme polarization, a recent study has found something the American public can agree on.
contamination
Study finds health risk from Pine River fish
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Anglers are at risk of contracting E. coli while fishing in the Pine River, according to a recent study.
Amphibians
Count on for frogs, toads
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The Michigan DNR and Michigan Wildlife Council are counting the state’s frogs and toads because of concern over threats to their species. We hear from an MSU Museum herpetologist and a DNR wildlife biologist.
arctic grayling
Fish tale: Chances of Arctic grayling return to Michigan ‘Very good’
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Arctic grayling, a fish known for its sail-like dorsal fin and that died out in Michigan in the 1930s, could be making a comeback in Michigan.
Birds
Federal plan might let states kill unwanted cormorants
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The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has logged more than 1,000 public comments on a proposed rule that would give state agencies more choices in controlling cormorants that some anglers complain eat too many fish in the Great Lakes and inland waters. New options
would include lethal means.
Wildlife
The mission to recover the rusty patched bumblebee
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The bee’s population has mysteriously declined, falling by nearly 90 percent since the early 2000s. In 2017, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated it an endangered species.
Amphibians
There may be hope for an endangered frog in the Great Lakes region
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Since the 1970s, the Blanchard’s cricket frog has gone missing from much of the northern portion of its range. But experts say their fate may be looking up.
feral swine
Feral swine decreasing but still pose threat
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The number of feral swine in the state is declining, but there’s still concern about their transmitting diseases to domestic pigs — threatening a $500-million-a-year industry — and to people, as well as damage to vegetation.
Catch of the Day
Falconers plead guilty to illegally bartering northern goshawk
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Prosecutors alleged that the men took nestlings from a nest in northern Wisconsin’s Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest and from another nest on state land.