Authorities say an elk was found dead in northern Wisconsin after it ate corn put out by a landowner in a misguided attempt to help wildlife. It died of a condition that affects elk when their diet is changed too rapidly.
Investigators have traced a deer on a western Minnesota farm that was infected with chronic wasting disease to a farm in Pine County that supplied the animal. Eight deer at the Pine County farm will be destroyed.
The Michigan DNR has put out its annual call for artists in residence at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park.
Lake Superior declined less last month than is usual for this time of year, keeping it just below record levels. The lake is less than an inch below the record high set in 1986.
Crews are expected to start removing more copper mining waste rock that threaten an important fish spawning area. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says dredging in Grand Traverse Harbor should start this week to help protect the spawning habitat for Lake Superior whitefish and lake trout.
The Minnesota DNR is banned the movement of all farmed white-tailed deer within the state for 30 days to try to limit the spread of a fatal brain disease. The DNR issued the order after the recent discovery of chronic wasting disease in a deer at a hobby farm in Douglas County.
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