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Points North: The Last to Leave
-A researcher in Ohio was surrounded by hundreds of dead ash trees. They had been wiped out by the emerald ash borer. But in that same forest, she found a lone tree thriving. Could this be the key to saving ash from extinction?
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A tiny, endangered fish lies on the path of Highway 413. Canada has a plan, but no new power to protect it
-The new recovery strategy isn’t likely to tip the scales in the fish’s favor.
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I Speak for the Fish: A Sturgeon goes to Wisconsin and a Michigan muskie visits New York
-An elaborate system for tracking fish movements is rewriting our understanding of how fish use the Great Lakes.
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Farmers turn to ‘predator-proof’ fences to deter wolves in northern Wisconsin
-So far, no wolves have killed livestock within the fences on farms where they’ve been installed.
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Points North: Frankenfish
-Lake trout are on life support in Lake Michigan. Every year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spends tens of millions of dollars raising and stocking them. But what if there was another way: genetic engineering. Could it be used for conservation?
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I Speak for the Fish: Hand-feeding a rainbow trout is fun, but is it ethical?
-To feed or not to feed is the question at hand. Kathy Johnson dives into the ethics of feeding fish.
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Points North: Shooting a Unicorn
-Two guys are hunting coyotes in Michigan, and say they lure in the biggest coyote they’ve ever seen. But it’s not a coyote at all — it’s a federally endangered gray wolf about 300 miles from its normal habitat. How did it get there?
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Raising monarch butterflies in Interlochen
-An effort to raise dozens of monarch butterfly caterpillars can not only teach summer campers about the insects, but is also an effort to call attention to the threats monarchs face.