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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds. The Louisiana black bear’s threatened status warrants protection under sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act.

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Tracks and Signs of the Animals and Birds of Britain and Europe by Lars-Henrik Olsen

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This small pine tree was very recently demolished by a brown bear. Examples are wolf, beaver, otter, domestic cat, wolverine, wild boar, elk (moose), and reindeer. The claw marks on this brown bear’s footprint make you wish you had taken the other kind of canon with you.

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