Wildlife
Beyond politics – the science behind gray wolves
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Politicians, activists and hunters continue to debate on the current state of the gray wolf’s status as an endangered species.
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Mr. Great Lakes on smart phone app that fights invasive species
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Also…groups fighting for rivers and lakes
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Court upholds Minnesota tribal fishing rights
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Defendants describe use of secretly recorded conversations, mobile tracking devices, interrogations, undercover surveillance as techniques more familiar to drug traffickers than to fishermen.
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Pennsylvania court upholds revocation of hunting, trapping privileges
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Illegal importation of five bear carcasses triggers loss of privileges for taxidermist.
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Fish heads and math could solve migratory mystery
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Chemical concentrations in bone and mathematical models can help resource managers decide how to stock salmon.
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Congress may take up state management of gray wolves
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A bipartisan bill that is still in draft would remove federal protection of the gray wolf in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
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Good news? Smallmouth bass chow down on invaders
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New studies show that the invasive species, round goby, has become a key food source for native species, including the small mouth bass, yellow perch and walleye.
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Winged Wednesday: What does your old couch have to do with an eagle’s health?
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Michigan’s bald eagles are among the most contaminated birds on the planet when it comes to phased-out flame retardant chemicals in their livers, according to new research.
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Emergency trout rule takes effect in Lake Superior
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Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approved an emergency rule that reduces the daily limit of trout in the Apostle Islands region of Lake Superior.
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What’s on the marten’s menu?
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Researchers found that shrews account for 38.6 percent and deer account for 30 percent of the prey detected in marten scat collected in Wisconsin’s Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.