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October 13, 2023

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point black bear project gets $1 million endowment

A UW-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources (CNR) black bear research program that lived on a shoe-string budget its first 46 years can now roll on forever thanks to a $1 million endowment pulled together last month by kindred spirits all strapped into the same harness.
Multiple names and personalities worked together for many months to finally focus potential funding sources in one direction and deserve credit for pulling off this black bear endowment. But readers will quickly recognize one name – Dr. Christine Thomas, the retired dean of the UW-Stevens Point CNR, who linked a number of individuals and groups together to make this $1 million a reality.

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Timber sales from Iowa’s state parks, forests top $680,000

Timber sales from four Iowa state parks and forests will add more than $680,000 to state coffers, following action taken Thursday by the Iowa Natural Resources Commission.
The Yellow River State Forest in Allamakee County will contribute the largest portion to the total. In two separate contracts, lumber buyers will pay more than $565,000 for trees. Funds will be deposited in the Conservation Fund — Forestry.

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Mallard numbers declining in Pennsylvania, across their range

If it quacks like a duck …well, you know the saying.
Actually, if it “quacks” it is almost certainly not just any duck, but a mallard duck or a white domestic duck (which was derived from mallards). Mallards, an economically important hunted waterfowl, are the most numerous and best-known ducks in the United States. Mallard numbers were stable or increasing throughout most of their North American range for many years, but more recently there has been a decline.

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