World’s oldest-known wild bird hatches chick
Laysan albatross named Wisdom is at least 68 years old and has raised at least 31 chicks.
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Wisconsin hunting ranch deer tests positive for wasting disease
MADISON, Wis. — A deer on a Forest County hunting ranch has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. State agriculture officials issued a news release Monday saying tests confirm the six-year-old whitetail buck was infected. The deer was born on a Marinette County breeding farm and moved to the ranch in 2014. Both the farm
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Minnesota lawmaker seeks tougher action against deer disease
Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn is sponsoring several bills that target deer farms to try to stop the disease from spreading from captive to wild deer. Another would give the University of Minnesota $1.8 million to develop faster and more sensitive diagnostic tests that farms and regulators could use on live deer and hunters could use to make sure their venison is safe to eat.
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Study: In Vermont, snowmobile riders feel negative effects of climate change
A continuing decline in snowmobiling in Vermont will likely have economic consequences.
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Deep snow prompts resumption of elk feeding at Wyoming refuge
More than 5,000 elk had gathered on the refuge’s southern area.
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Tri-state region a year-round fishing draw
Northeast Iowa, southwest Wisconsin and northwest Illinois all are considered part of the Driftless Area, an expansive swath of land that escaped glaciation during the last ice age. And local fishermen know there is more to the Driftless Area than what immediately meets the eye.
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Bald eagles back in a big way in southeastern Wisconsin
Nesting surveys conducted last year by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources revealed a record number of nesting birds, with 1,695 nests occupied by breeding adults.
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The road back home? Translocated wolf exits Isle Royale on ice bridge
The female wolf crossed over an ice bridge formed by the recent polar vortex en route to an area close to Grand Portage, where she was translocated from in early October 2018.
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Bill would let Nebraska farmers allow earlier deer hunting
The proposal would create special permits for landowners to hunt deer up to a week before the official firearm hunting season starts, if they open at least half of their land to hunters during the regular season.
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