Currently, there are about 270 wolves in Wisconsin, outside of Yellowstone, and approximately 850 in the state. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must determine policies that satisfy both environmentalists and ranchers - an impossible task. On one hand, wolves have long been the dominant predator. A keystone species, every aspect of Wisconsin's ecosystem is changed with drastic changes to wolf populations.During their absence from the region (before reintroduction in the mid 1990s to Yellowstone NP) elk populations skyrocketed. These herbivores, free from predation, devastated the fauna. Other, smaller species depended on this fauna, etc. It's essentially for these reasons that environmentalists fight for wolf protection.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Key Alaskan Fishery in Good Hands
Bristol Bay Map. WWF International Arctic Programme. |
Thursday, August 2, 2012
AQUAPONICS: Agriculture of the Future
Intro
If you haven't heard of aquaponics, here's the long and short of it. Aquaponics is a form of agriculture that is based on the cycle of water between a fish tank, and a plant bed. The fish poop is transported up to the grow bed (by pump) with the water. Their excrement fertilizes the plants, and the water is returned to the fish tank, aerated and filtered. The several benefits of aquaponics can have widespread effects to the world of agriculture, and indeed, our way of life.
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