Goderich Signal Star

Goderich man charged after liquid thrown on officer

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GODERICH – A 32-year-old Goderich man faces charges after Huron OPP allege liquid was thrown at a police officer in Goderich. Huron OPP officers were contacted Sunday, Dec. 28, just before 5 p.m. about a dispute where an individual had reportedly damaged property at an address on Lighthouse Street. While police were investigating, they allege […]

Great Lakes Echo

From otters to butterflies: How Minnesota became a pioneer in nongame wildlife conservation

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By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva

In the late 1970s, when most wildlife conservation programs in the United States focused almost exclusively on game species, a quiet but historic shift began in Minnesota. It was here that one of the nation’s first state programs dedicated to protecting so-called nongame wildlife emerged from butterflies and bats to bald eagles and river otters. That story is now told in detail by Carrol Henderson in his new book, “A National Legacy: Fifty Years of Nongame Wildlife Conservation in Minnesota.”

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