by Ron Seely | Nov 15, 2013 | Magazine Article
Infectious, deformed proteins called prions, known to cause chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer, can be taken up by plants such as alfalfa, corn, and tomatoes, according to new research from the National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) in Madison. The NWHC’s prion...
by George Archibald | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
In February of 2012 Wisconsin State Representatives Joel Kleefisch, Joan Ballweg, and Richard Spanbauer introduced AB613, a bill requiring the Department of Natural Resources to authorize and regulate the hunting of Sandhill Cranes in Wisconsin. While such a bill is...
by Theresa Lins | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
Roger Coleman, a senior at Riverside University High School in Milwaukee, got his first taste of the Urban Ecology Center by “hay sledding” down a hill during their Fall Festival when he was in fifth grade. His second visit to the Center happened a few weeks later...
by Liza Burkin | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
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by Cristina Springfield | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
While many of us would be inclined to run away from howls and yelps in the dark of night, others will spend a weekend studying these sounds during the Wolf Ecology Workshop at Treehaven, near Tomahawk. Treehaven, a 1,400-acre nature preserve now owned and operated by...
