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How Climate Change May Make The Fight Against Great Lakes Sea Lampreys Costlier

Great Lakes Echo

In the longer term, warmer waters that come with a warming climate may make it more expensive to combat sea lampreys, longtime predators of Great Lakes fish.

The Lily Leaf Beetle Jumps To New Footholds Across Wisconsin

PJ Liesch

UW-Extension

It's been a big year for the lily leaf beetle in Wisconsin.

Series: Wisconsin's Wolves

As Wolves Recover, Calls In Wisconsin To End Endangered Species Listing Grow

Rich Kremer

Wisconsin Public Radio

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Nearly 60 years after gray wolves were considered extinct in Wisconsin, the population has rebounded dramatically. But the conservation success story has turned into a nuisance for hunters, farmers and others whose animals are increasingly encountering wolves.

Series: Wisconsin's 21st-Century Workforce

Series: Disparities And Equity In Wisconsin

Fostering Upward Mobility For African Americans In Milwaukee

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

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Significant disparities between black and white people persist in Wisconsin in terms of income, unemployment and homeownership in Wisconsin. The African American Leadership Alliance In Milwaukee board president Antonio Riley discusses the group's efforts to address these issues.

The Threat Of Distracted Driving And An Effort To Curb Its Effects

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Marisa Wojcik

PBS Wisconsin

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Wisconsin saw 60 fatal car collisions as a result of distracted driving in 2018. One family's tragic experience led a Hudson man to pursue laws that would restrict the use of smart phones by drivers, including a proposal in the Wisconsin Legislature.

Series: Foxconn In Wisconsin

Study Finds Foxconn Subsidies Could Depress Wisconsin's Economy

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

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According to a study by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, the state's subsidies for Foxconn could depress economic activity in Wisconsin by tens of billions of dollars over the next 15 years. Economist Michael Farren discusses the study's findings.

Series: Chronic Wasting Disease In Wisconsin's Deer

How Could CWD Impact Wisconsin's Elk Population?

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Rachael Vasquez

Wisconsin Public Radio

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With Wisconsin's wild elk population numbering only in the hundreds, wildlife managers are keeping tabs on the threat chronic wasting disease may pose to the animal. WisContext associate editor Will Cushman discusses work to reintroduce elk in the state and assess its risk to CWD.

Series: Wisconsin Historical Society Press Excerpts

When Deer Hunting In Wisconsin Shifted From Slaughter To Sport

Robert C. Willging

Hardly more than a century ago, deer were not to be found across broad swaths of southern and eastern parts of Wisconsin, with their dwindling ranks limited to its northern stretches after decades of mass hunts for hide and meat markets in the latter half of the 1800s.

Why Wisconsin's County Highways Are Lettered, Not Numbered

Jenny Peek

Wisconsin Public Radio

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Signs with names like BB, CV, N and SS flank Wisconsin's county roads. Why are they labeled with letters?

Series: Chronic Wasting Disease In Wisconsin's Deer

What The Advance Of CWD Means For Wisconsin's Elk

Will Cushman

WisContext

The threat of chronic wasting disease to Wisconsin's booming whitetail deer herd is motivating efforts to track and research its spread, but this deadly ailment also imperils efforts to reintroduce wild elk to the state.