Endangered Species
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Evers vetoes bill seeking statewide population goal for wolves
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed a Republican bill that would have ordered state wildlife regulators to set a statewide population goal for wolves.
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What can foliage contribute to your garden?
Landscape architect Mark Dwyer joined “The Larry Meiller Show” to talk about what he looks for when it comes to foliage and how he uses color and texture to design impressive sprawling gardens.
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Monarch population dwindling with second lowest numbers on record
An annual survey of monarch butterflies overwintering in central Mexico found the second-lowest number on record.
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Authorities investigating former conservation warden in wolf killing
Federal authorities are investigating a former state conservation warden for killing a wolf on Christmas Day in northern Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin’s US lawmakers want to exempt state sturgeon from possible endangered designation
Some federal Wisconsin lawmakers are working to prevent the state’s lake sturgeon from being listed as a threatened or endangered. But conservation advocates say the designation may be warranted.
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Federal wildlife agency investigating wolf killing in northern Wisconsin
Federal officials are investigating the killing of a gray wolf in northern Wisconsin on Christmas day.
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For the first time in a century, martens have been spotted on Lake Superior’s Madeline Island
Wisconsin’s only state endangered mammal is notoriously difficult to spot, which isn’t surprising since the American marten is very rare. The small number that exist in the state make their home in a few areas of northern Wisconsin, including the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest and the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. Wildlife biologists estimate only around 30…
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GOP lawmakers press Evers’ appointees to DNR board on wolf management, PFAS cleanup
Republicans on the state Senate’s sporting heritage committee pressed Gov. Tony Evers’ new appointees to the Natural Resources Board on a wide range of issues Tuesday, including their stance on wolf management and who should pay to clean up PFAS pollution. In October, the GOP-controlled Senate voted to fire four appointees to the board that…
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Lawsuit claims DNR ignored science and public comments when drafting state wolf plan
A Wisconsin conservation group is suing the Department of Natural Resources alleging the agency ignored science and public comments when drafting its latest wolf management plan. The Great Lakes Wildlife Alliance also claims the DNR revised its wolf plan after staff and members of the Natural Resources Board attended private meetings hosted by wolf hunting…
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Wisconsin’s Jane Goodall? Karen Strier studies threats to endangered monkeys in Brazil
Wisconsin primate researcher Karen Strier worries the lanky monkeys she’s studied over much of her lifetime are nearing the end of their lineage in Brazil. Muriquis are one of the world’s most endangered monkeys with about a dozen populations left. They are under pressure from deforestation and hunters. Strier, an anthropology professor at the University…