Black Biting Flies Force Loons to Abandon their Nests in Wisconsin

Posted on June 18, 2014 by admin

Submitted by Petra Maria Longewag on 2014, June 17 – 13:20

    Black Biting Flies Force Loons to Abandon their Nests in Wisconsin

    Invasion of black flies has threatened the population of Wisconsin loons, forcing them to abandon their nests in large numbers. The pesky biting insects have caused 80% of the black and white birds to flee their nests in Vilas County and more than 70% of nests in Oneida County.

    The rate at which black flies have emerged this year is the highest in last 25 years, said Michael W. Meyer of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Continue reading →

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    Solar Panels Could Replace Roads

    Posted on May 20, 2014 by admin

     

    News From the Field
    Friday, May 9, 2014

    Million-dollar Indiegogo campaign hoping to get idea on the ground

    By: Hannah Weinberger

    Solar panel roads pic

    The Brusaws, standing on the prototype parking lot they built with support from the Federal Highway Administration.     Photo: Scott Brusaw

    Back when the concept of global warming was still nascent—only eight years ago, mind you—Scott and Julie Brusaw of Sagle, Idaho, began heavily contemplating an idea that Scott, an electrical engineer, had toyed with as a child: solar panel roads.

    After years of figuring out many ways not to make a solar panel, the Brusaws have developed a modular-panel paving system that’s attracted interest from the Federal Highway Administration, General Electric, and even Google. If their Indiegogo campaign, started this past Earth Day, receives $1 million by the end of May, the Brusaw’s company, Solar Roadways, will be able to test its heavy-duty tempered-glass product in parking lots and eventually highways throughout the country.  Continue reading →

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    Minnesota wildlife panel debates ways to reduce lead ammo

    Posted on February 6, 2014 by admin

    By Zach Kayser
    Forum New Service

    Posted:   02/06/2014

     

    BEMIDJI, Minn. — If you deer hunt, your bullets may be finding their way into more bodies than you realize.

    The hot topic at a Minnesota Wildlife Society panel discussion held Wednesday at the South Shore Conference Center in Bemidji was finding a solution to the issue of bald eagles eating lead bullet and shotgun slug fragments while scavenging for food. Continue reading →

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    Soaring deaths of bald eagles in Utah attributed to West Nile virus

    Posted on January 6, 2014 by admin

    By Daniella Silva, NBC News

    State wildlife officials announced Tuesday that a rare seasonal outbreak of West Nile virus is to blame for the recent spike in deaths of iconic bald eagles across northern Utah.

    The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said in a report that laboratory results confirmed that the virus was responsible for the deaths of 27 bald eagles over the past few weeks. Continue reading →

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    Illinois finds success controlling chronic wasting disease

    Posted on November 12, 2013 by admin


    Sharpshooters help keep deer disease in checkCWD map

    By Paul A. Smith of the Journal Sentinel

    Nov. 6, 2013

     

    Efforts in Illinois to control the prevalence of chronic wasting disease in wild deer have succeeded while rates of the disease have soared in Wisconsin, according to a study by veterinary researchers.

    The difference: Targeted sharpshooting in Illinois areas with CWD-positive deer. Continue reading →

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