Climate change impacts wildlife, and how trail building can improve a community

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Heard On The Larry Meiller Show
Photo credit: Dru Bloomfield – At Home in Scottsdale

Two UW-Extension wildlife specialists spotlight several Wisconsin species impacted by warmer and wetter weather. Then we talk to the author of a book about how a trail project united a small community.

Featured in this Episode

  • Wildlife update: Animals respond to climate change challenges

    As climate change and development alter habitat, animals are adapting, relocating or perishing. UW-Extension wildlife specialists David Drake and Jamie Nack return to talk about the resiliency of armadillos, coyotes, sandhill cranes and other species whose populations and ranges are in flux.

  • How a nature trail transformed a small town

    Residents of Eagle, Wisconsin, saw the need for a safe path between an elementary school and the public library. But what they created was far more than a nature trail. They built a multifaceted focal point for the community.

Episode Credits

  • Jill Nadeau Host
  • Jamie Nack Guest
  • David Drake Guest
  • Laurie Lawlor Guest
  • Joel Patenaude Producer
  • Lee Rayburn Technical Director

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