New Hampshire woman mauled by rabid bobcat
“Why is this stupid cat attacking me?” The 80-year-old fought off the animal with the help of her two dogs and her gardening sickle.
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Peregrine falcons gaining a foothold in Indiana
The state DNR says its crews banded 40 peregrine chicks this spring at nine sites around Indiana, up from the 32 agency staffers banded last year.
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Ohio concentrates efforts to reduce harmful Lake Erie algae
Ohio Lake Erie Commission in charge of seeing that the state reaches its goal of a 40 percent reduction of phosphorus going into western Lake Erie within the next 10 years.
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Yellowstone wants brucellosis quarantine facility for bison
Quarantining bison is seen as a way to reduce the number slaughtered each year and to establish more bison herds around the U.S.
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Ohio Air Force base recognized for bee conservation
Wright-Patterson is the first military base to earn the special environmental distinction.
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At Columbia River in Oregon, young salmon safer – for now – after cormorants flee
The Army Corps of Engineers kills the birds to reduce predation on runs of threatened and endangered juvenile salmon.
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In North Dakota, drought helps North America’s largest white pelican refuge
Some 27,120 breeding adults have returned from as far away as California and the Gulf Coast to raise their chicks. That’s down about 6,600 birds from last year, but still is among the highest recorded at the 4,385-acre refuge north of Medina. A record 35,466 birds were counted at the refuge in 2000.
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Illinois seeing hike in tick-borne illnesses
The state had about 40 confirmed cases in 2000. By 2010, the number increased to 200 confirmed cases. And the provisional total for 2016 is nearly 350 cases.
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Fly fisherman in Arkansas helps foster kids
The Mayfly Project uses fly fishing as a way to mentor children in foster care. Project has expanded to eight states and includes about 40 mentors.
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