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Wisconsin NR40 Rule Helps Prevent the Spread of Invasive Species

Hydrilla has become the most serious aquatic weed problem for Florida and most of the U.S.
Invasive species are non-native species that are introduced, often by human activity, into an area and cause damage to that area’s ecosystem.  Non-native species tend to lack natural predators giving them a definite advantage to propagate in a new area. As a response to the increase of invasive species in Wisconsin, the Department of Natural
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Earth Day Ideas to Help Protect the Environment

Celebrate Earth Day and Raise your Environmental Consciousness
Earth Day was born after founder Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, witnessed the ravages of the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California.  Inspired by the student anti-war movement, he realized that if he could infuse that energy with an emerging public consciousness about air and water pollution, it would force
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Algae Biofuel Could Turn Waterway Nuisance into Renewable Energy

Sealed Bags Producing Ethanol from Algae in the sun.
Algenol Biofuels, located in Southwest Florida, was founded in 2006 and is a young, but rapidly developing and sophisticated company.  What makes this company different than other young businesses; they are producing ethanol using algae. Algae, simple photosynthetic plants that live in water, are among some of the oldest living organisms on earth.  Most species
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Herbicide Resistant Weeds Challenge Roundup Farming

Ongoing challenge farmers face with herbicide-resistant
Fifteen years ago genetically engineered crops hit the market much to the delight of farmers.  These new Roundup-tolerant crops allowed farmers to simply spray the herbicide Roundup over their fields and everything died – except the corn, cotton, and soybeans. Recently, farmers have realized that certain weeds weren’t dying anymore; in Georgia that plant is
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