Johnny Greavu June 22‚ 2015 The Minnesota Valley Wildlife Refuge The 11‚012-acre (17.2 sq mi) Minnesota Valley Wildlife Refuge in Bloomington‚ Minnesota is the largest urban National Wildlife Refuge in the country. Shockingly close to the Mall of America and the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport‚ it is home a handful of habitats including tall-grass prairie‚ wetland‚ floodplain‚ and upland hardwood forest. 11‚700 to 9‚400 years ago‚ the valley was the River Warren‚ the drainage river of
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Pilipinas Observes Sight Saving Month Alagaan ang Mata mula Bata Hanggang Pagtanda By Argeline Quiason and Rey Emmanuel Quiason All over the world‚ about 285 million are visually impaired with 39 million totally blind and the reset with poor vision‚ according to the WHO. In the Philippines‚ no exact figure is available but a survey in 1995 showed that more that 1.2 million Filipinos are either totally or partially blind in one or both eyes. Visual Impairment is not‚ however‚ limited to blindness
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Extinction of Earth’s Wildlife Over the last 40 years the Earth’s wildlife population has drastically declined in numbers. Since 1970‚ the world has lost 52% of its biodiversity. This was announced by the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) September 30‚ 2014. Animal populations such as mammals‚ birds‚ reptiles‚ fish‚ and amphibians are about half the size they were 40 years ago. This is a much greater decrease than the scientists originally anticipated. More than 10‚000 animal populations were studied by
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Conservation of Grizzled Squirrel In Sirvilliputhur Grizzled Wildlife Sanctuary Sirvilliputhur Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in southern Tamilnadu also known as Grizzled Wildlife Sanctuary because Grizzled Squirrel is the flagship species of this sanctuary. It is declared as Sanctuary in December 1989 & is spreads over 480 km² area. Range of habitats are present in sanctuary right from high elevation Montane forest & grassland‚ mid elevation Wet Evergreen‚ Semi Evergreen‚ Moist Deciduous‚ Closed
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Topic: The Benefits of Saving Money General Purpose: To persuade. (Persuasive Speech) Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to save money for the future. Thematic Statement: Saving money bring significant benefits to the financial status of a person‚ and it is helpful to reduce personal economic risk in the future. Introduction Attention getter: “A penny saved is a penny earned” “When you don’t work‚ savings will work for you”‚ but‚ why? Is this true? Is saving money important? We can’t
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saving the Pacific Salmon English 101 4/26/2011 Saving the Pacific Salmon Salmon are one of the most important fish species in the world‚ and in the Pacific Northwest the fish are a way of life for many species of plants and animals‚ including humans. The major problem that humans are facing is that the population of wild salmon is dangerously low as compared to historic numbers due to over-fishing and human degradation (including dams‚ chemical pollution and land use impacts.). Pacific Salmon
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The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge is a protected park in New Mexico located in the Chihuahuan desert around 20 miles north of Socorro‚ New Mexico. The Rio Salado flows through the refuge and is a tributary of the Rio Grande joining the Rio Grande just 15 miles north of Socorro‚ New Mexico. The refuge area currently hosts the Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program by the University of New Mexico. While research into parasites in mammals mainly rodents (Wilson et al.‚ 1997) and
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Technology has changed the world is so many positive ways. We can pick up the phone and call anywhere‚ anytime. We can travel on land‚ in the air‚ and even into space. We can identify someone using a simple drop of blood using DNA. How can something with such positive effects also have such profound negative ones? According to the textbook‚ Society and Technological Change‚ the most obvious and longest lasting consequence of technological advance is the alteration and destruction of the natural environment
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vegetation in this ecozone is the Taiga forest consisting of stunted coniferous trees‚ such as black spruce‚ jack pine‚ paper birch‚ trembling aspen‚ etc. The northern edge of the ecozone is bordered by the treeline. Wildlife: This region is famous for one of the most impressive displays of wildlife: 50 species of mammals including the barren-ground caribou‚ wolf‚ lynx‚ arctic fox‚ the grizzly bear‚ etc. Also‚ there is a massive bird migration of swans‚ geese‚ loons‚ ducks‚ tree sparrows‚ etc. every spring
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decades‚ the total land area planted with oil palm in Indonesia has grown some 30-fold to over three million hectares‚ while in Malaysia‚ oil palm agriculture has increased 12-fold to 3.5 million hectares. Orangutans are also killed for the illegal wildlife trade. Poachers kill the mothers and then
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