Decades of research has shown that setting aside 10 percent of a farm field for wildlife habitat is beneficial for both the environment and agricultural production long term.

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In 1835, a decade after the canal was finished, there were only a few thousand non-native people living in Wisconsin. “By 1850 there were 305,000,” author Laurie Lawlor said recently on “The Larry Meiller Show.”

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