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CIRCLE – Whether it is a landscape snacking animal or a critter coming too close for comfort, many people have had some sort of human-wildlife conflict issue. But why are wildlife, such as deer, coyotes, bears, raccoons, foxes and skunks, near your home in the first place? It is most commonly because of easy access to “food,” according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division. “Wildlife can, and will, take advantage of ‘easy food�...

“I took it upon myself to look at the campus and noticed all the native vegetation and how well it was done,” Budd said. What she saw were littoral shelves filled with pickerelweed, arrowhead and various lilies lining retention ponds, native plants providing food and protection for wildlife and the oasis known as SpeedBridge. The bridge is named after one of Arthrex’s medical devices, which is used for surgical repair of soft tissues such as rotator cuff and Achilles tendon tears. Work...

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Arthrexs North Naples campus qualifies as certified wildlife habitat Karl Schneider, Naples Daily News Nestled between buildings on Arthrex’s North Naples campus, a pedestrian bridge arches over water lilies floating in the still waters of a retention pond. Live oaks, red maples and other native flora stand sentinel as bees collect pollen from the water lilies’ bright purple flowers just under the bridge. A toad, no bigger than a thumbnail, hops between retention ponds. © ...

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By Chris Conley May 3, 2021 6:39 PM RHINELANDER, WI (WSAU-WXPR)  Every year the Wisconsin DNR and USDA Wildlife Program gets about 800 calls for bear-related complaints. Sometimes interactions between bears and humans are unavoidable. Brad Koele is a wildlife damage specialist with the Wisconsin DNR, who says stay calm if you find yourself face-to-face with a black bear. “Don’t play dead or don’t try to approach the bear aggressively or anything like that because that could prov...

Scientists at PNNL and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation identify acres of spawning habitat in the Upper Columbia River.

CWD reaches a new Minnesota northern limit with discovery of deer disease in Beltrami County Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune © Dreamstime/TNS State officials earlier this month confirmed the latest spread of chronic wasting disease has taken the dreaded deer threat as far north as its ever been found in Minnesota, to an area northeast of Bemidji where tribal hunting is now at increased risk for CWD. MINNEAPOLIS — The latest confirmed spread of chronic wasting disease has taken t...

by Bob Hall on Wednesday April 21 2021 Director of Facilities Ron Zaitsoff (left) and Recreation, Fish & Wildlife Program student Zoë Leech (right) are the recipients of the 2021 Selkirk College Environmental Sustainability Awards. Building on its commitment of environmental sustainability, Selkirk College is recognizing a pair of exemplary stewards who advanced the institution’s goals over the last year. The Selkirk College Environmental Sustainability Awards are...

CWD reaches a new northern limit with discovery of deer disease in Beltrami County Discovery on Beltrami County farm threatens animals on tribal lands.  April 15, 2021 — 9:14pm Text size Copy shortlink: The latest confirmed spread of chronic wasting disease has taken the dreaded deer threat as far north as its ever been found in Minnesota, to an area northeast of Bemidji where tribal hunting is now at increased risk for CWD. State ...