State of Michigan Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitators
If you find an injured wild animals do not take the animal to an animal shelter or call an animal rescue.  Shelters will most likely kill any wildlife you take in.  The state of Michigan maintains a list of licensed wildlife rehabilitators.  Just check the list for a rehabber in your area.  Contact the rehabber, find out what to do in the particular circumstances you are presented with.  Rehabbers are trained to deal with wildlife emergencies, listen to their advice.

What Do Frogs Sound Like?
February 19, 2008 story about volunteer program to record the sounds of frogs and toads throughout Southeastern Michigan.  With the destruction of wetlands and chemicals in the environment, frogs and toad populations have decreased.  These programs hope to teach children about the environment and to monitor populations.

Great Lakes Birds Dying from Botulism
Tina Lam, Detroit Free Press Reporter's February 4, 2008 story is chilling.  Over 8000 birds were found dead on the shores of Lake Michigan in November 2007.  The cause was a fatal botulism release largely caused by invasive species released in ballast waters from ocean going ships. 

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