Wildlife
A dead cow subsidy could lead to more conflicts with wolves
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Wolves scavenging improperly disposed dead cattle can prompt them to shrink their range, leading to more interactions with people.
Endangered wildlife
Video: Great Lakes sturgeon repopulation efforts underway in Wisconsin
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Scientists in Wisconsin are raising the next generation of this endangered fish. Some of these sturgeon could someday grow to lengths of up to eight feet and weigh 800 pounds.
Green Gavel
Duck! Duck! Busted!
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Three Wisconsin duck hunting guides let clients exceed their daily bag limit in the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge.
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Foreign wasp could be recruited for bug battle
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The solution to an invasive stink bug may be it’s predator from back home
Capital News Service
Michigan moose on the loose – and on the rebound
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Moose are on the rise in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Fish
#ChicagoFishes reels in rare catch
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A young angler reeled in the catch of a lifetime during the first annual #ChicagoFishes event.
Capital News Service
Sandhill cranes could be hunted if legislators get their way
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Some lawmakers want to reverse a hundred years of conservation and allow hunting of Michigan’s sandhill crane.
Capital News Service
Lynx could survive if returned to Isle Royale, study suggests
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The predator has not been on the island since the 1930s.
Wildlife
State expected to catch Zika mosquitoes in nets–and it did
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The Asian tiger mosquito, known for carrying Zika virus, was discovered in Wayne County in mid-August.
Capital News Service
Turkeys in traffic – and bears, elk and moose, oh my!
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Turkeys were the cause of at least 232 vehicle crashes in Michigan in 2016.