A butterfly nonprofit is paying to ship 12 monarch butterflies from Wisconsin to Texas, where they hope the insects will migrate to Mexico. Friends of Butterfly Gardens Inc. is funding the FedEx shipment of 12 …
To learn more about the types of environments that river otters prefer in northern Wisconsin, old data on animal density can sometimes reveal new insights. River otters are harvested for their fur in Wisconsin. Like …
Snowshoe hares have been disappearing from parts of their southern range for some time now. In the Sandhill State Wildlife Area in Wisconsin, the small mammals were extirpated in the early 1990s. In subsequent years, …
Whooping cranes are dispersing far from their reintroduction sites in Wisconsin, suggesting conservation efforts for the endangered birds are paying off. “We are starting to see the population behaving more like wild birds ought to,” …
Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources set the quota for the upcoming wolf hunting season at 130 animals, contravening the state’s Natural Resources Board. The DNR biologists had recommended a quota of 130 gray wolves (Canis …
These updates originally appeared in the Wisconsin Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s Spring 2021 newsletter. Student Chapter reports: University of Wisconsin-Madison Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society Submitted by Cole Wilson, President Since this spring, …
Below is a summary of recent chapter activities within the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society, which was included in the section’s Spring 2021 newsletter. The newsletter includes updates from the Iowa, Missouri, Ohio …
Wisconsin’s gray wolf population continues to climb. A Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources survey found the state’s wolf population grew 15% over the previous year. The overwinter wolf count rose from an estimated 914 to …
A female black bear with a few irresistibility cute little cubs trailing behind her is an iconic summer scene in the north woods of Wisconsin. But when the cuteness leads visitors and locals to provide …
Wildlife Services in Wisconsin recently benefited from a unique wolf symposium sponsored primarily by the Mashkiiziibil — the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa — as well as other Great Lakes Tribes and the …
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