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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsOntarioRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsThe lonely Lake Superior caribou and a lesson in limits
-Ontario’s southernmost herd illustrates how hard it is to bring a species back from the brink — and why we need to recognize tipping points before we reach them.
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AuthorsDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismRegionScience, Technology, ResearchTourismGreat Lakes Moment: Mink thriving along the Detroit River
-Next time you are on the Detroit River, keep an eye peeled for a mink! This keystone species is now thriving along this once-polluted river.
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AuthorsChicagoFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoFish, Birds and AnimalsIllinoisKathy JohnsonLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchHow do fish survive in large urban waterways, like the Chicago River?
-The Chicago River’s hardened shorelines, stormwater pollution events and limited habitat would seem inhospitable to fish. Yet, native species are finding ways to call the city home.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchPoints North: The Last to Leave
-A researcher in Ohio was surrounded by hundreds of dead ash trees. They had been wiped out by the emerald ash borer. But in that same forest, she found a lone tree thriving. Could this be the key to saving ash from extinction?
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchThe ProvincesTorontoA tiny, endangered fish lies on the path of Highway 413. Canada has a plan, but no new power to protect it
-The new recovery strategy isn’t likely to tip the scales in the fish’s favor.
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I Speak for the Fish: A Sturgeon goes to Wisconsin and a Michigan muskie visits New York
-An elaborate system for tracking fish movements is rewriting our understanding of how fish use the Great Lakes.
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AgricultureFish, Birds and AnimalsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWisconsinFarmers turn to ‘predator-proof’ fences to deter wolves in northern Wisconsin
-So far, no wolves have killed livestock within the fences on farms where they’ve been installed.
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Points North: Frankenfish
-Lake trout are on life support in Lake Michigan. Every year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spends tens of millions of dollars raising and stocking them. But what if there was another way: genetic engineering. Could it be used for conservation?
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featureFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchI Speak for the Fish: Hand-feeding a rainbow trout is fun, but is it ethical?
-To feed or not to feed is the question at hand. Kathy Johnson dives into the ethics of feeding fish.
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