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Wisconsin's largest wolf hunt zone to close

Wisconsin's largest wolf-hunting zone is about to close, leaving only a single zone open just three weeks into the season.

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Thanks to parasites, moose are looking more like ghosts

Thanks to parasites, moose are looking more like ghosts

The news for moose is not good across the country's northern tier and in some parts of Canada. A recent and rapid decline of moose populations in many states may be linked to climate change, and to the parasites that benefit from it.

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Asian carp DNA found in Wis. Lake Michigan waters

Scientists say a water sample taken from Lake Michigan's Sturgeon Bay in Wisconsin has tested positive for Asian carp DNA.

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In Minn., U.S. Interior secretary boosts wildlife refuges

In Minn., U.S. Interior secretary boosts wildlife refuges

National wildlife refuges pump more than $2 billion to the economy but proposed cuts in federal funds could hurt those lands, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell told conservation leaders Tuesday.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Superior National Forest taking comments on Twin Metals study

Superior National Forest taking comments on Twin Metals study

The Superior National Forest is accepting public comment this week on a study related to a major proposed copper nickel mine.
by Dan Kraker

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Top climate scientists: Nuclear power needed to slow warming

Top climate scientists: Nuclear power needed to slow warming

Four scientists who have played a key role in alerting the public to the dangers of climate change sent letters Sunday to leading environmental groups and politicians around the world to support the development of safer nuclear power as one way to cut fossil fuel pollution.

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Wisconsin school district boosts frac sand air filters

West-central Wisconsin is a hot spot for sand mining and residents have expressed environmental and health concerns about the tiny sand particles generated by mining.

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State wants to contain potato pesticide drift

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is trying to reduce the drifting of pesticides from potato fields to nearby homes and schools.
by Dan Gunderson

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Fond du Lac band's Diver named to White House climate panel

Karen Diver of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is the only Minnesotan on the task force, and the only tribal representative from the lower 48 states.
by Tom Crann and Dan Kraker

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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell worries that young people are disconnected from natural world

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell worries that young people are disconnected from natural world

In an October 31 National Press Club appearance, new Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said our care for national parks, public lands and waters defines who we are as a nation, and she is worried that the next generation is more disconnected from the natural world than ever. Secretary Jewell said Interior "will always take the long view, even when our budgets don't."

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