Wildlife
Binational efforts target bird-bashing buildings
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Between 365 million and 988 million birds die annually from collisions with windows in the U. S. and Canada.
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This broad category encompasses fish. It is further divided on the main menu with tags for mammals, insects, amphibians, birds, mussels, invaders and endangered wildlife.
Between 365 million and 988 million birds die annually from collisions with windows in the U. S. and Canada.
If Asian carp cross the Mississippi River basin and establish themselves in Lake Erie, they could account for one-third of the lake’s entire fish weight.
Crayfish populations are up since the round goby invaded Lake Erie and became the preferred food of small mouthed bass.
Check out this sound file that researchers are testing to see if it will deter silver carp from the Great Lakes.
The state Court of Appeals says that the cat is not covered by the law sparked by the 2011 release of 56 dangerous wild animals, including lions, wolves, bears, tigers and a baboon.
Survey tallies animals killed by traffic through international conservation corridor. Turtles and snakes are in greatest peril.
Plus a discussion about some of Michigan’s electric cooperatives going beyond the state’s renewable energy standard.
Federal regulations, privacy concerns and health of the animals they track are all concerns.
Conservationists weigh in on the impacts of delisting the gray wolf in Michigan.