La Crosse Safe-Cam Project; Mississippi River invasive species
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La Crosse Safe-Cam Project
After two people were murdered in 2012 in a La Crosse business, The La Crosse City Vision Foundation, a private foundation dedicated to improving the central business district, started raising money for a security camera system for the downtown. The goal of the Safe-Cam Project is to donate the cameras to the La Crosse Police Department, which would view them on a mostly passive basis to help identify crime.
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Mississippi River invasive species
We talk with wildlife biologists from Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge Winona District and the US Geological Survey’s Upper Mississippi Environmental Services Center on French Island on the latest invasive species found in the upper Mississippi River, and efforts to control invasive plants and animals.
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Newsmakers Web Extra
USGS wildlife biologist Randy Hines talks about the zebra mussel and round goby, invasive species that threaten waters in the upper Midwest.
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