Whitetail deer

14 deer crossed the road in front of us on College Ave. near Wehr Nature Center today.

VHS in Lake Superior

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/158700/

Documents the spread of the fish-killing virus.

Salmon

Thanks to Dad for these pictures of the good old days.

It is tough being a wolf

Federal agents are investigating a rash of illegal wolf killings across northern Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where at least 16 wolves have been shot in recent months.

- Duluth News Tribune (link here)

Monster black bear

Thanks to my Dad for calling this story to my attention.

http://www.dunnconnect.com/articles/2008/12/13/news/doc4942f07722b81403889572.txt

Huge hibernating black bear killed by combine in corn field in Wisconsin.

Tough life as a manatee

The endangered mammals [Florida manatees] suffered the deadliest year on record in 2009 as state wildlife biologists documented 429 fatalities, a mark boosted by a trio of all-time highs for boat strikes (97), newborns (114) and cold stress (56).

- Miami Herald (link here)

Very tough.

Ice Fishing in Colorado

Thanks to Brian for sending me these pictures.

Asian carp

“This is an environmental and economic emergency,” Nick De Leeuw, a spokesman for [Michigan attorney general] Mr. Cox, said of the potential damage the carp could inflict throughout the [Great] lakes. “It’s almost like a bad science fiction movie.”

- NY Times (link here)

Almost.