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This July 2015 photo provided by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources shows a pair of North American river otters along a Lake Superior tributary in northern Wisconsin. North Dakota's Game and Fish Department this summer will propose an otter trapping season. If Gov. Doug Burgum approves, North Dakota will become the 34th state to allow the killing of otters. Preservation groups worry the expansion of otter trapping in the U.S. and Canada in recent decades isn't sustainable. (Nathan Roberts/Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources via AP)
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National Edition News cover for April 16, 2015 - Energy lobby says bat protection a ploy to halt resource extraction: FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources shows a northern long-eared bat. The federal government is declaring the northern long-eared bat, one of North America’s most widely distributed bats a threatened species because of the spread of the deadly fungal disease, white-nose syndrome. The syndrome was first was first discovered among bats in a cave near Albany, New York, in 2006. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the northern long-eared bat meets the criteria for a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. (AP Photo/Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, File)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 26, 2014, AND THEREAFTER- This November 2000 photo taken by John Lyons, fisheries research scientist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, shows a cicso captured in Big Green Lake in Green Lake, Wis. Scientists in Wisconsin and Minnesota are studying the remaining populations of cisco, a fish that scientists and anglers say leads to bigger musky and walleye. The fish are native to the area and are under threat from climate change. (AP Photo/Courtesy of The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, John Lyons)
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This undated image provided by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources shows Conservation Warden Dave Oginski shown at an unknown location. Oginski has personally helped find at least 12 lost people since starting his job in 2007. He did six search and rescues in the most recent gun deer season alone. (AP Photo/Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
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Eric Lobner, with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, places sandbags Monday where water is seeping through a levee in Portage. An estimated 75 of 300 area residents have decided to stay in their homes, he said. (Associated Press)
