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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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Foraged Fruit and Nuts: Wild Apples & Abundant Acorns
-Autumn brings with it a bounty of fruits and nuts that often go unnoticed in our modern culinary landscape. Among the most abundant and overlooked are acorns and wild apples.
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Points North: A Natural Ending
-Peter Quakenbush’s dream is to create a conservation burial forest – a place that would both preserve the woods and give people the option to be buried in nature. But not everyone is on board with that idea.
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Americans love nature but don’t feel empowered to protect it, new research shows
-New research shows that Americans have positive feelings toward nature but also detects strong undertones of longing, guilt and worry.
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Advocates urge Hogsett to save Indy’s at-risk urban forests
-The proposed 2025 city budget lacks funding to protect urban forests.
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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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A New Paradigm: How climate change is shaping mental landscapes in the Great Lakes
-A changing climate is causing psychological distress across the Great Lakes. From the loss of heritage crops, disappearing ice and record-breaking floods, residents across the region are looking for new forms of support.
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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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Michigan joins federal program that collects native flora and champions restoration
-Seeds of Success, a federal program that conserves and restores native flora, has come to Michigan.