endangered species

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Endangered but they don't have to stay that way

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Today, Friday, 5/20, is Endangered Species Day. Check this link out for a fun BINGO game to learn about some of Wisconsin's endangered and rare species. The key point is that almost all of our endangered species can be saved. Saved means restored to viable, robust populations with more than just hardy, isolated survivors.

Image courtesy of Wisconsin DNR

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No Trout! No Monarchs?

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No Trout! No Monarchs?

This debacle taught me that wonderful animals like brown and brook trout and monarch butterflies often have complex and interlocking habitat requirements, even more so if they migrate like monarchs. The NYT story made this point concerning monarchs abundantly clear.

Photo by TexasEagle FCC