…argument they are covered under the compact,” said Todd Ambs, who helped negotiate the agreement as top aide to former Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle. Some critics of the Waukesha diversion plan to question the legality of Foxconn’s bid when the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources holds a public hearing Wednesday….
…future. 2) Weakening of a Positive Relationship with the United States Fish & Wildlife Service: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the USFWS have cultivated a long-term, positive partnership focused on the management of wolves in Wisconsin, and since 2000, the USFWS has supported the delisting of wolves in…
One Hundred Years of Learning By Bill Route, National Park Service In 2016 we celebrate one hundred years of the National Park Service (NPS), an agency born in 1916 and charged with managing select areas to preserve and commemorate nationally significant natural and cultural resources. National parks play an increasingly…
…“Educators can take kids out of the classroom to natural settings. They can also bring natural items into the classroom for study and discussion.” Studies show that nature-based, experiential education improves academic performance, self esteem, creativity, and more. And, as with many things, timing is important. “Many authorities believe there…
…The Great Lakes Commission and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded just under $300,000 in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative money that funded work to reduce flood peaks and erosion in North Fish Creek, said Matt Hudson, associate director of the college’s Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation. “If we…
…a letter to Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe to support the federal delisting of gray wolves within the Western Great Lakes region (LettertoDelist_11_18_2015 ). Two weeks later, seventy scientists and scholars summarized their conclusions in an open letter that wolves…
…rodents, squirrels, songbirds and waterfowl. “This is one of the first studies to examine the carnivore community of the Apostle Islands archipelago,” said Erik Olson, associate professor of natural resources, who led the new research with Van Deelen at the University of Wisconsin, Julie Van Stappen of the Apostle Islands…
…location year after year, according to Kirschbaum. “Specifically, we are looking for changes in population sizes for bats that hibernate over winter,” said Abby Keller, also a senior studying natural resources with an emphasis on fisheries and wildlife. Keller spent her summer conducting similar research at Voyageurs National Park near…
…O’Gara studied natural resources with an emphasis on wildlife ecology and ecological restoration, interned at the International Wolf Center in Ely, Minnesota, and conducted gray fox and wolf research with Erik R. Olson, assistant professor of natural resources, who serves on the TWA Advisory Board. “With one foot in research…
