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Environment
4:01 pm
Mon July 4, 2011

Battling the 'Asian Carp on Land'

Credit (photo by Peter Payette) / (courtesy of the Environment Report)
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On July 8th, the Department of Natural Resources will follow through with a designation that wild hogs are an invasive species.    There are several thousand feral pigs believed to be running wild in Michigan, according to  Mary Detloff, a spokeswoman for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.  

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Environment
10:02 am
Fri December 10, 2010

Michigan steps up the war on wild boar

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Rural Michigan is fighting a war with feral swine and wild boars.   The problem is getting worse.   Now, the state is about to take a major step up declaring them an "invasive species"


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Michigan's fight against feral swine and wild boar is escalating.  Department of Natural Resources and Environment Director Rebecca Humphries announced Friday she signed an order declaring the swine an invasive species in Michigan.

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