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Forest Products Week highlights benefits the forests provide

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources joins the nation in celebrating Forest Products Week, which extends through Saturday. Wisconsin’s forests cover nearly 17 million acres of public and private forested land – about half of the state’s land. Many of those forests provide raw material to the forest products industry. Forest Products Week recognizes the people who work in and care for our forests, the industry workers who make the forest products we depend on and the many ways forest products contribute to Wisconsin’s economy and quality of life. “From paper ...

Time to hate wolves in the UP — again?

BARB: In the Sept. 21 Daily Mining Gazette of Houghton, I read of legislation proposed in the state House to require hunting and trapping of gray wolves in Michigan if and when the species is removed from the federal list of endangered species. This is not the first time, and probably not the last, for such a proposal. What is new, of course, is that voters go to the polls next month and will see the names of the sponsor and co-sponsor, respectively, of the proposed bill — state Reps. Dave Prestin, R-Cedar River, and Greg Markkanen, R-Hancock. Prestin’s news release implies that an ...

Doctor: Breast cancer rates rising among younger women

During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Aspirus Health Care experts are warning that more women in their 20s, 30s and 40s are being diagnosed with breast cancer, reflecting a national trend that researchers are working to better understand. While breast cancer remains most common among older women, studies show rates are increasing among younger women, particularly those younger than 50. Researchers believe the trend is likely linked to several factors rather than a single cause, according to an Aspirus news release. Dr. Andrew Huang, radiation oncologist for Aspirus Cancer Care and ...