Wildlife
Tradition, science join to combat emerald ash borer
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Native American basket weaving technique could help reduce the spread of the invasive insect.
Wildlife
Replacing culverts with bridges could help fish passage
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A pilot project in the Huron-Manistee National Forest suggests replacing culverts with bridges to help with fish passage.
Wildlife
Beware the new invaders — New Zealand mud snails
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They reproduce fast, allowing them to densely carpet the bottom of a river and displace ecologically important native snails.
Wildlife
Radio-collared feral hogs turn traitor
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Feral hogs tagged with location trackers have led researchers to where they hide out with others, earning them the name “Judas hogs.”
Wildlife
Invasive fly puts the bite on fruit
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Some growers give up the fight because they can’t afford the intensive management need to control the quickly reproducing pest.
Wildlife
Study examines Wisconsin wolf tolerance
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Participants didn’t like wolves nor the people who tried to manage them.
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City bees pollinate urban education
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They’re showing up on city rooftops, university dormitories and the grounds of middle schools, a trend that not only teaches people about bees, it could help the troubled pollinators.
Wildlife
U.P. study shows long-term impact of beaver ‘engineering’
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A study shows consistency in beaver pond placement over the last 150 years, despite land use changes that altered beaver habitats in Michigan’s U.P.
Wildlife
Study: Less than 3 percent of eels survive Ontario dams
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Once a vital, highly nutritious food source for native Americans, researchers say the eel also suffers from longtime overfishing.
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Mid-Michigan bird banders track fall migration
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Current State’s Kevin Lavery meets up with volunteers banding birds at the Burke Lake Banding Station this week.