The prairie chicken of central Wisconsin is an elusive grouse that is rarely seen, and its conservation efforts are connected to Aldo Leopold. But over the past 70 years, the prairie chicken population has steeply declined.

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The Verona Public Library has debuted floor-to-ceiling translucent dot stickers on its 35-foot tall glass windows. The treatment comes after volunteer citizen scientists documented 88 bird deaths while periodically surveying the windows since 2021.

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