Experts turn to unlikely helpers in crucial battle along Great Lakes: 'These are sort of like, 'lowly' creatures'

A furry, 5-pound rodent is becoming an unlikely champion in the battle to save Great Lakes wetlands from invasive plants, ...
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Muskrats naturally engineer diverse marsh ecosystems, study finds

In his speech for the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR) this past spring, keynote speaker Rodney Butler '99 (BUS), Chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, told an ...
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Illegal camping, dogs and bikes threatening habitat restoration efforts at SLC nature preserve

Sometimes, cormorants and even a single muskrat come to feed on carp at Fife Wetland Preserve on the west bank of the Jordan River in Salt Lake City. Other birds, especially those like pelicans and ...