Wildlife and America: Contributions to an Understanding of American Wildlife and Its ConservationCouncil on Environmental Quality, 1978 - 532 pages |
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... island , thinking he had reached Cathay , an anglicized Venetian named John Cabot landed on Newfoundland's northern tip - by coincidence , within 5 miles of the site of Leif Ericson's settlement 496 years earlier . Cabot noted the mast ...
... island , thinking he had reached Cathay , an anglicized Venetian named John Cabot landed on Newfoundland's northern tip - by coincidence , within 5 miles of the site of Leif Ericson's settlement 496 years earlier . Cabot noted the mast ...
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... island hunting areas ( Smith , 1968 ) . The pressure was relaxed later , but the Aleuts never recovered and the effects on Northern Fur Seals , Sea Otter , and Walrus were severe . Historians say that the sale of Alaska to the United ...
... island hunting areas ( Smith , 1968 ) . The pressure was relaxed later , but the Aleuts never recovered and the effects on Northern Fur Seals , Sea Otter , and Walrus were severe . Historians say that the sale of Alaska to the United ...
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... Island , established a no - hunting season for deer from May 1 to November 1. This idea then spread through all the colonies by 1720. Dependence on deer was so great by both Indians and settlers that local reductions in abundance were ...
... Island , established a no - hunting season for deer from May 1 to November 1. This idea then spread through all the colonies by 1720. Dependence on deer was so great by both Indians and settlers that local reductions in abundance were ...
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... islands have shown . THE IMPORTANCE OF SPECIES Species that appear to be most important to the survival of all the others in an ecosystem may prove , upon closer examination , to depend entirely on other species that are not at all ...
... islands have shown . THE IMPORTANCE OF SPECIES Species that appear to be most important to the survival of all the others in an ecosystem may prove , upon closer examination , to depend entirely on other species that are not at all ...
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... Island , Louisiana . Often state and national refuges offer outstanding waterfowl spectacles in spring and fall migration seasons . Many more could be created by the imaginative handling of lakes and marshes around and in towns and ...
... Island , Louisiana . Often state and national refuges offer outstanding waterfowl spectacles in spring and fall migration seasons . Many more could be created by the imaginative handling of lakes and marshes around and in towns and ...
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