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Paddling partners show how to explore Michigan’s Leelanau County
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School retirees and friends blaze a trail across the region’s waterways and tell others how to follow.
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Here’s a guide to northern Indiana natural areas you never knew about
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They counter the stereotype that the region is nothing but industrial development.
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Isle Royale wolf rescue faces longterm genetic challenge, researchers say
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Researchers say inbreeding is likely inevitable, despite efforts to increase genetic diversity in the island’s wolves.
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Can hungry wolf immigrants save Isle Royale forests?
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Six of the animals were transferred from another Lake Superior island in a bid to control Isle Royale’s moose population and restore its forests.
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This art plants seeds of environmental awareness
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Repurposing seeds into art is how botanical artist Shilin Hora’s helps people appreciate nature.
Climate
Harsh weather could lead to earlier school year in Michigan
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This winter’s polar vortex may have given Michigan school districts leverage for eliminating a state requirement that their start dates must be after Labor Day, with implications for tourism and other businesses.
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The debate is on: Will wolves move to the Lower Peninsula?
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As the Upper Peninsula reaches its capacity for grey wolves – there are more than 650 now — chances increase that some will migrate south across the ice to the northern Lower Peninsula, which currently has no wolves but plenty of suitable habitat for denning.
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If your dog barks too much, maybe you do too.
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A new study examines how dogs tend to take on the personalities of their owners
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Can a name change bring more visitors to Indiana Dunes?
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The National Park Service operates memorials, historic sites, nature preserves, parkways, parks and dozens of other facilities. Sixty-one are national parks and three are national lakeshores. Can a name change draw visitors?
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Don’t poo-poo moose poop
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What are moose poop and pee good for? That’s a science question, and research on Isle Royale and in northeast Minnesota shows moose effectively transfer nitrogen — an essential nutrient for forest health — from the aquatic plants they chow down on to fertilize the forest.