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Prions — in plants? New concern for chronic wasting disease

Posted on September 30, 2013 by admin

  September 28, 2013 5:15 am  •  RON SEELY | Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Prions — the infectious, deformed proteins that cause chronic wasting disease in deer — can be taken up by plants such as alfalfa, corn and … Continue reading →

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Move Over Global Warming! White-Tailed Deer Pose Biggest Threat To East Coast Forests

Posted on September 3, 2013 by admin

William Pentland, Contributor, Forbes 8/28/2013 @ 1:37PM   The rapidly rising population of white-tailed deer pose a more significant threat to forest habitats across the eastern United States than global warming, according to a new study by The Nature Conservancy … Continue reading →

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Where is Missouri’s soil going?

Posted on August 22, 2013 by admin

 Mary Anne Meyers – Sun, 18 Aug 2013 KMTLand (St Louis) — The combination of last year’s record drought and this year’s heavy spring rains has scientists wondering if efforts to restore Missouri farmland are going to waste. Thirty years … Continue reading →

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Groups raise alarms, but Illinois DNR downplays development

Posted on August 20, 2013 by admin

By Lee Bergquist of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Aug. 19, 2013 Environmental groups expressed alarm on Monday after detailing new evidence in Illinois that spawning Asian carp have been found nearly 100 miles upstream from their previous spawning sites. The … Continue reading →

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Huge swaths of Canada’s boreal forests under threat

Posted on July 29, 2013 by admin

  Researchers say a full 50 per cent of ‘world’s last great forest’ should be protected   By Randy Boswell, Postmedia News July 21, 2013     Iconic species such as the woodland caribou “have disappeared from the southern tier … Continue reading →

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