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Book Review: The Real Wolf

…case. My perspective on the book is rooted in my role as the head of the wolf recovery and management program for the state of Wisconsin from 1990 through 2013. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) has been a major benefit to conservation of wolves and other wildlife species. The listing…

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Fox 11: Investigates Hunting Dogs Killed by Wolves

…are not the biggest factor that cause the high kill in hounds, said Adrian Wydeven who spent 23 years running the state’s wolf recovery program. He’s now with the Timber Wolf Alliance, a group that promotes conservation and education about wolves. Wydeven says the record wolf population is not necessarily…

SONWA Winners 2017

Honeybees and a trailblazing scientist top the 2017 SONWA book awards

…Lee captures the depth of her reconnection and recovery. It is a book work considering. —Jan Penn, SONWA committee Children’s Category Winner: Out of School and Into Nature, by Suzanne Slade, illustrated by Jessica Lanan (Sleeping Bear Press) Anna Comstock was an environmentalist and ecologist who loves nature so much…

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Memories of a Fallen Soldier

…brief talk with him. I gave him your good wishes for a prompt recovery which pleased him immensely and I am sure has given his morale a boost. He seemed in good spirits, his voice clear and strong, and he talked about getting home. The Hospital Director, Col. Dirks, told…

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TWA Responds to State Bill 602/AB712

…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…

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Q&A with Helen Pent Jenkins, class of 2008

…included. They are currently spread all over the world doing awesome things but the road to career recovery has been slow and for many, painful. That being said, we should all get used to the idea of having many careers in our lifetimes and re-training many times over. Myself included….

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Podcast: Talking Wolves with Adrian Wydeven

Wisconsin’s Hunting Heritage Adrian Wydeven headed up the wolf recovery program for the DNR for over 20 years. After retiring, he took a position with the Timber Wolf Alliance with Northland College. There is probably no one in the state who knows more about these animals, and how they came…

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Apostle Islands Detectives

Do natural occurring fires help or hurt vegetation in the Apostle Islands?

…and set out to ascertain a better understanding of the influence of slow-burning lightning strike fires on the maritime forests of the islands and the recovery rates of Canada yew. The faculty-student team read historical records, unearthed clues, and collected extensive measurements including charcoal from soil samples for carbon analysis….

Loon flying

The Uncommon Lives of Common Loons

…the coast of Nova Scotia, and then returned for a second winter to the Gulf of Mexico. This behavior is consistent with past band recovery data that indicate some juvenile loons may move northward up the Atlantic Coast during summers. Even more amazing: another researcher, Walter Piper, has discovered that…

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Wolf Conservation in America’s National Parks

…the park and 500 in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem, putting Yellowstone at the center of wolf recovery across the western United States. [I suggest a graph of the Yellowstone and Greater Yellowstone population over time] As the NPS and its partners were preparing to reintroduce wolves to Yellowstone, wolves began…