Wildlife
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.
Energy
Pipeline company intervenes in Sierra Club suit against Forest Service
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Environmental group says pipeline never underwent adequate environmental review.
Water
Great Lakes settle in for the deep freeze
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This week’s subzero temperatures have the Great Lakes nearing record levels of ice coverage.
Recreation
Porcupine Mountains inspire artists
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The Porkie Artist-In-Residence Program brings artists to the Upper Peninsula to immerse themselves in their craft and the area each summer.
Wildlife
Pennsylvania court upholds revocation of hunting, trapping privileges
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Illegal importation of five bear carcasses triggers loss of privileges for taxidermist.
Wildlife
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.
Water
Ohio rolling the dice on Lake Erie drinking water quality?
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Stock up on bottled water. So far it’s all show and little substance.
Energy
15-year delay undermines Northern Michigan drilling suit
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A judge ruled that Richard Brilinski waited to long to sue an energy company that may have drilled a natural gas well too close to his property line, and will now no longer be able to.
Wildlife
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.
bees
The buzz about bees and biofuels
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The value prairie grasses bring to bees helps make such plants more attractive for biofuels production.