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AZ Senate passes repeal of 1864 near-total abortion ban; Campus protests opposing the war in Gaza grow across CA; Closure of Indiana's oldest gay bar impacts LGBTQ+ community; Broadband crunch produces side effect: underground digging mishaps.

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Campus Gaza protests continue, and an Arab American mayor says voters are watching. The Arizona senate votes to repeal the state's 1864 abortion ban. And a Pennsylvania voting rights advocate says dispelling misinformation is a full-time job.

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Bidding begins soon for Wyoming's elk antlers, Southeastern states gained population in the past year, small rural energy projects are losing out to bigger proposals, and a rural arts cooperative is filling the gap for schools in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

WI DNR Hopes to Stop Hitchhiking Bugs

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010   

MADISON, Wis. - Today the state implements new rules aimed at stopping the emerald ash borer in its tracks. Those new rules mandate that people can only bring firewood onto state managed property if it has been state-certified or is from within 25 miles away.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) forest health specialist Andrea Diss-Torrance says firewood is like high-speed rail for these tree-killing pests.

"We can buy time if we don't move them around ourselves. They move very rapidly on firewood; that has been a huge problem in its habitat expansion."

Diss-Torrance says invasive species already have killed millions of trees in Wisconsin. Wood from vendors certified by the state is exempted from the new rules because that timber is specially treated to kill pests that may be hitching a ride.

Diss-Torrance says the new firewood rules will help keep the state's forests healthier by limiting a number of pests.

"It's not just emerald ash borer. Seven or eight pests and diseases that are not native to Wisconsin have been moving around on firewood and really doing quite a lot of damage here."

Starting today, the DNR will have maps illustrating a 25-mile radius from Wisconsin state campgrounds in state parks and forests.




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