How to adjust when the bears begin waking up
As spring approaches and Michigan’s estimated 12,450 black bears emerge from their dens — many with new cubs in tow — the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has offered some advice to avoid an unpleasant encounter. Bears have an extraordinary sense of smell and memory. They can smell food from a mile away and remember food locations for years, including that backyard bird feeder or grease-spattered grill. When bears get used to human-associated food sources, they are more apt to roam neighborhoods, not flee when harassed by people and even break into homes and outbuildings ...
Wisconsin needs to pass ‘next of kin’ legislation
Emplify Health is among Wisconsin health systems urging the state Senate to ensure legislation aimed at relieving hospital capacity concerns passes before the end of the upcoming legislative session. According to data from the Wisconsin Hospital Association, one of the most significant reasons hospital emergency departments face patient backlogs is due to delays in other patients being transferred to post-acute care facilities. “At any given time, hundreds of patients across Wisconsin are unnecessarily waiting in a hospital, many in emergency departments, due to the inability to ...
It takes a village to reach these heights
Sometimes an expression is used and/or overused to the point that its original meaning, no matter how pertinent, turns the expression into a cliche. Such is the case with the phrase that begins “It takes a village …” The original phase, which comes from Nigeria, translates to “It takes a village (community) to raise a child.” The meaning of course is that everyone in a community is responsible for our children’s education and upbringing. Over the years the expression has been co-oped by organizations, religions, political causes and much more. But no matter how much the ...