81. The Aquatic Biome a picture of a reef water is the common link among the five biomes and it Aquatic regions house numerous species of plants and animals, both large and http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/aquatic.html

The aquatic biome can be broken down into two basic regions, freshwater (i.e, ponds and rivers) and marine (i.e, oceans and estuaries). Freshwater Regions Ponds and Lakes The topmost zone near the shore of a lake or pond is the littoral zone The near-surface open water surrounded by the littoral zone is the limnetic zone . The limnetic zone is well-lighted (like the littoral zone) and is dominated by plankton, both phytoplankton and zooplankton. Plankton are small organisms that play a crucial role in the food chain. Without aquatic plankton, there would be few living organisms in the world, and certainly no humans. A variety of freshwater fish also occupy this zone. profundal zone . This zone is much colder and denser than the other two. Little light penetrates all the way through the limnetic zone into the profundal zone. The fauna are heterotrophs, meaning that they eat dead organisms and use oxygen for cellular respiration. Streams and Rivers Wetlands Visit our gallery of wetlands images , which illustrate the amazing diversity of wetland ecosystems.

82. Animal Fact Sheets If you like this animal and find it particularly fascinating you can adopt it! wild, wild World of animals. 1976. Elephants and Other Land Giants. http://www.zoo.org/educate/fact_sheets/savana/hippo.htm

back Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius The hippopotamus (hippo) belongs to the family Hippopotamidae, which includes two species, the hippopotamus ( H. amphibius ) and the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis). The hippo lives in western, central, eastern and southern parts of Africa. Habitat The hippo inhabits rivers and lakes, and wallows during the day. At night, hippos graze in short grasslands. If you like this animal and find it particularly fascinating you can adopt it! Physical Characteristics Hippos have a head and body length of 10.8–11.3 feet (3.3–3.45 m). Males are normally larger and weigh more than females. Hippos range in weight from about 1,764–7,056 pounds (800–3200 kg). Life Span Hippos can live up to 45 years in the wild, up to 49 years in captivity Die t In the wild: Numerous species of short grasses At the zoo: Grass hay, romaine lettuce trims, pellet feed and occasional treats, which include apples, carrots and seasonal pasture grazing

83. Animals - Wild-Large animals) wildLarge They always tell us that a camel can go 500 miles withoutwater. How come nobodys ever bothered to see how far they can go WITH http://www.gadzillionthings.net/Think22.html

This Page was Updated on 03-Sep-2005 ( Animals) Wild-Large How do they get a deer to cross at that yellow road sign? (Contributed by Don F.) They say an elephant never forgets but what's he got to remember? (Contributed by Don Woods) Why are Polar Bears left-handed? (Contributed by Alice Yucht) Can elephants learn arithmetic? (Contributed by David R. Woolley) Do apes go people when they get excited? (Contributed by Jim Adams) What sound does a kangaroo make anyway? (Contributed by Jennifer Smith) Just what is it that hyenas laugh at? (Contributed by David Feldman) They always tell us that a camel can go 500 miles without water. How come nobodys ever bothered to see how far they can go WITH water? (Contributed by Jim Moore Jr.) How come only female kangaroos have pouches? Don't male kangaroos have things to carry around too? (Contributed by Vincent Dublado) Is a laughing hyena a happy hyena? (Contributed by The Vent on AccessAtlanta.com) Are zebras white with black stripes? Or black with white stripes? (Contributed by Amber) Nature shows on TV say that when two bull moose compete for a lady moose, the one with the smaller antlers concedes to the other one. I can see how a moose can tell the size of his opponent's antlers, but how does he know how big his own are?

84. San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Wild Cattle Buy tickets online and plan a visit to the Zoo or wild Animal Park. Mountain anoas, also known as dwarf water buffalo, are the smallest wild cattle http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-cattle.html

animal bytes home reptiles birds insects ... amphibians Quick facts Video Byte: Wild Cattle Photo Bytes Class: Mammalia (Mammals) Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Genus: Bubalus, Syncerus, Bos, and Bison Species: 12 species Body length: Bison Bubalus quarlesi , 5 feet (1.5 meters) Shoulder height: Bos gaurus, Weight: Bubalus bubalis Life span: 18 to 25 years in the wild, up to 36 in zoos Gestation: 9 to 11 months, depending on species Number of young at birth: 1 to 2, depending on species Size at birth: 50 to 90 pounds (23 to 40 kilograms), depending on species Age of maturity: Conservation status: tamaraw Bubalus mindorensis and kouprey Bos sauveli are at critical risk; lowland anoa Bubalus depressicornis , mountain anoa, Asian water buffalo, banteng Bos javanicus, gaur Bos gaurus, and wisent or European bison Bison bonasus are endangered Fun facts Mountain anoas, also known as dwarf water buffalo, are the smallest wild cattle alive today. These endangered animals are only found on a few Indonesian islands, where they live in dense forests. There are about 1.3 billion domestic cattle in the world, making them the most numerous of all large mammals except humans.

85. African Wildlife Foundation: Wildlives select animal, Aardvark, African wild Dog, Baboon, Bat, Bongo, Bonobo A youngelephant must learn how to draw water up into its trunk and then pour it http://www.awf.org/wildlives/71

select animal Aardvark African Wild Dog Baboon Bat Bongo Bonobo Buffalo Bushbaby Bushbuck Cheetah Chimpanzee Colobus Monkey Dikdik Duiker Dwarf Mongoose Eland Elephant Elephant Shrew Genet Gerenuk Giraffe Grant's Gazelle Grevy's Zebra Hartebeest Hedgehog Hippopotamus Hyena Hyrax Impala Jackal Kob Kudu Leopard Lion Mountain Gorilla Oryx Pangolin Porcupine Ratel Rhinoceros Sable Serval Sitatunga Spring Hare Thomson's Gazelle Topi Vervet Monkey Warthog Waterbuck Wildebeest Zebra WILDLIVES: AFRICAN ANIMALS Wildlives Library Adopt African Animals Download Wildlife Screensavers ... Wildlife Wallpaper SIGN UP FOR OUR ENEWS! Donate Adopt an African Animal Members Contact Us Swahili Name: Tembo or ndovu Scientific Name: Loxodonta africana Size: Up to 11 feet Weight: tons (7,000 13,200 lb) Lifespan: 60 to 70 years Habitat: Dense forest to open plains Diet: Herbivorous Gestation: About 22 months Predators: Humans The African elephant and the Asian elephant are the only two surviving species of what was in prehistoric times a diverse and populous group of large mammals. Fossil records suggest that the elephant has some unlikely distant relatives, namely the small, rodentlike hyrax and the ungainly aquatic dugong. They all are thought to have evolved from a common stock related to ungulates. In East Africa many well-preserved fossil remains of earlier elephants have aided scientists in dating the archaeological sites of prehistoric man. The African elephant is the largest living land mammal, one of the most impressive animals on earth.

86. African Wildlife Foundation: Wildlives The hippo relies on water or mud to keep it cool, and the red fluid may have a Compared to other animals, hippos are not very susceptible to disease, http://www.awf.org/wildlives/140

select animal Aardvark African Wild Dog Baboon Bat Bongo Bonobo Buffalo Bushbaby Bushbuck Cheetah Chimpanzee Colobus Monkey Dikdik Duiker Dwarf Mongoose Eland Elephant Elephant Shrew Genet Gerenuk Giraffe Grant's Gazelle Grevy's Zebra Hartebeest Hedgehog Hippopotamus Hyena Hyrax Impala Jackal Kob Kudu Leopard Lion Mountain Gorilla Oryx Pangolin Porcupine Ratel Rhinoceros Sable Serval Sitatunga Spring Hare Thomson's Gazelle Topi Vervet Monkey Warthog Waterbuck Wildebeest Zebra WILDLIVES: AFRICAN ANIMALS Wildlives Library Adopt African Animals Download Wildlife Screensavers ... Wildlife Wallpaper SIGN UP FOR OUR ENEWS! Donate Adopt an African Animal Members Contact Us Swahili Name: Kiboko Scientific Name: Hippopotamus amphibius Size: 13 feet long and 5 feet tall Weight: Up to 3 tons Lifespan: 50 years Habitat: Rivers, swamps and protected areas Diet: Herbivorous Gestation: About 240 days Predators: Humans, lions, crocodiles The hippopotamus, whose hide alone can weigh half a ton, is the third-largest living land mammal, after elephants and white rhinos. It was considered a female deity of pregnancy in ancient Egypt, but in modern times has been wiped out of that country because of the damage it inflicts on crops. The hippo continues to thrive in other parts of Africa. The hippo's proportions reflect its sedentary, amphibious existence. Its plump and bulky body is set on short, stumpy legs, with each foot having four toes. Although webbed, the toes splay enough to distribute the weight evenly over each toe and therefore adequately support the hippo on land.

87. BBC - Nature - Wildfacts - s of these animals are based on museum specimens and there is......Once extinct in the wild, this species is a reintroduction programme s success http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/animals_a_z.shtml

@import url('/includes/tbenh.css') ; Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index TUESDAY 27th September 2005 Text only Animals Prehistoric Life Space ... BBC Homepage In Animals Birds Mammals UK wildlife ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! You are here: BBC Animals Aardvark, ant bear, earth pig Aardvarks are the only living member of the order Tubulidentata. Due to their elusive lifestyle, they are also one of the least known of all mammals. Aardwolf Despite being a member of the hyena family, aardwolves differ in many ways - one of them being their diet of termites. Abert's squirrel, tassel-eared squirrel A North American tree squirrel that rarely comes down from the canopy. Adder, common viper Adders are the most northerly distributed snake - they are the only species found inside the Arctic circle. They are also Britain's only venomous reptile. Adelie penguin Adelies use pebbles to line their nest sites, and will often pinch stones from their neighbours. African ass This is the smallest member of the horse family and is critically endangered. The African ass is a grey-coated relative of our domestic donkey living in the rocky deserts of Africa. African buffalo A stocky member of the cow family from Africa. The females form protective herds whilst the males are mostly solitary. Members of the herd are thought to 'vote' on which direction the herd should move.

88. BBC - Science & Nature - UK Wildlife - Animal Homes Field Guide Find out how to recognise some animal homes. Look at a badger sett, a rabbitwarren, an otter holt and a water vole s riverbank home. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/wildbritain/field_guides/animal_homes.shtml

@import url('/includes/tbenh.css') ; Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index TUESDAY 27th September 2005 Text only Animals Prehistoric Life Space ... BBC Homepage In Animals Birds Mammals UK wildlife ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! You are here: BBC Animals UK Wildlife You will need Acrobat Reader to view this document. Download for free here Badger Badgers use a complex system of underground tunnels leading to multiple entrance holes, the number of which has no bearing on how many animals actually use the sett. If you find a badger sett, count the number of entrance holes that are well used. You can tell this if they have freshly dug earth leading from the inside of the hole to the outside. Also, see if you can find piles of bedding which have been left out by the badgers to dry. Rabbit A rabbit's home is similar to a badger's, with a multiple entrance hole system called a warren. However some rabbits live on the surface, hiding in thick bramble in areas where there is little risk of predation. Fox Foxes make their dens almost anywhere. In urban areas they turn up in the most unlikely places, such as underneath portable dwellings or discarded builders' rubble. The traditional fox den is usually a solitary entrance hole that may originally have been made by a badger. A good way to tell if a fox is at home is to smell the air around the entrance hole. The harsh musty smell of a fox is often overpowering. It's not unusual for foxes to share a badger's sett, so don't be surprised if you see both species emerging from the same hole.

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90. Water-Related Activities At EnchantedLearning.com waterRelated Activities rhymes, printouts, crafts, information, and coloringpages, A short book about ocean animals to print (for early readers), http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/water.shtml

Join Enchanted Learning Site subscriptions last 12 months. Click here for more information on site membership. $20.00/year or other amount (directly by Credit Card $20.00/year or other amount (via PayPal As a thank-you bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. (Already a member? Click here. EnchantedLearning.com Water-Related Activities at Enchanted Learning Rhymes, Crafts, Activities, Quizzes, the Water Cycle, and Printouts Click Here for K-3 Themes Rhymes about water Doctor Foster Down by the Bay Five Little Speckled Frogs How Doth The Little Crocodile If All the Seas Were One Sea I'm a Little Teapot I Saw a Ship A-Sailing It's Raining, It's Pouring Itsy Bitsy Spider Jack and Jill The Lady and the Crocodile The North Wind Doth Blow Rain, Rain Rub-a-dub-dub, Three Men in a Tub A Sunshiny Shower Weather A Well Winter Wynken, Blynken, and Nod Water-Related Crafts and Activities RAINSTICK Rainsticks are ceremonial musical instruments used to invoke the rain spirits. You can make a simple Rainstick from a cardboard tube and aluminum foil. STYROFOAM PUPPETS Make adorable puppets from styrofoam trays and drinking straws.

91. Visit Las Vegas Animal Exhibits — Sigfried And Roy Dolphin Encounter And Secret The main attraction at the Secret Garden is the wild cats pacing about, Feline expert Keith Evans, who has been training exotic animals for more http://www.inetours.com/Las_Vegas/pages/Animal_exhibits.html

Home Las Vegas Site Map Las Vegas Animal Exhibits Kids and adults can view and learn about many exotic species at live animal exhibits at several Las Vegas hotels. Click images to enlarge iNeTours.com Tour New York City Tour San Francisco Wine Tours ... Las Vegas Strip Map Area Attractions Hoover Dam Red Rock Canyon Valley of Fire SP Mount Charleston ... Old Nevada Museums/Exhibits Wild Animal Exhibits Resort Museums Educational Museums Auto Museums ... Pink Jeep Tours Grand Canyon Tours Heli, Plane, Boat Grand Canyon West Bus Special Tou r Ranch Helicopter Chariot of Fire Canyon Voyage by Julie Engelhardt Some of these attractions are free, while others have a nominal charge. One great thing about all of these attractions is that you can stay as long as you like, or at least until closing time. The animals (and their keepers) need their shut-eye, too! One of the best known of the lot, primarily because of the popularity of the men who own it, is Siegfried and Roy Dolphin Encounter and Secret Garden at the Mirage Hotel and Casino The Dolphin Encounter is the first area you come to when you enter the attraction. Here you can see bottle-nosed dolphins interacting with their trainers. The main attraction at the Secret Garden is the wild cats pacing about, or just calmly lounging in one of the treetops of their enclosure.

92. Viva! - Vegetarians International Voice For Animals Ducks are water animals and they must be allowed access to fresh, In thewild, the female Mallard usually looks after her ducklings for about two months http://www.viva.org.uk/campaigns/ducks/coopresponse.html

Menu Loading. Please Wait. Your browser does not support script The Co-op continues to duck the issue Many of you will, by now, have received a standard letter from the Co-op with regards to our investigations into the duck farms owned by their suppliers. Their response is entirely unsatisfactory. Despite seeing our evidence of the inherent cruelty associated with duck farming, they still dismiss our concerns with corporate spin. The following are questions you may find useful to ask the Co-op: Why do the Co-op believe indoor sheds are an appropriate environment for an essentially wild bird? Exactly how many ducks do the Co-op guidelines allow to be kept in one shed, and what outside access is provided? Ask the Co-op what the mortality rate for ducks is at their suppliers. The industry norm is around 5%, which means that on average around a million ducks die on factory farms in the UK before they reach even 7 weeks old. Does this reflect high animal welfare standards? How much attention can one stockman give thousands of ducks per shed?

93. Viva! - Vegetarians International Voice For Animals You’ll have seen that these inquisitive animals spend lots of time preening.It is vital to ducks’ health that they can immerse themselves in water. http://www.viva.org.uk/campaigns/ducks/

Menu Loading. Please Wait. Your browser does not support script Ducks Out of Water Viva! Victory The campaign today However, the campaign continues: Viva! has recently investigated the duck suppliers to the Co-op , and because of the shocking scenes we uncovered we will be holding a major Day of Action on May 21 2005 We are still watching the duck farmers. The recent footage we filmed at factory farms contracted to Manor Farm Ducklings, of Norfolk, is some of the most distressing footage of neglect and abuse we have ever seen. In this section: Ducks out of water - home page Find out what you can do to help stop the suffering Watch our undercover video of duck farms. (3MB / 3m 22s) Watch our footage of the Manor Farm investigation.. ... Read our report "Duck out of Water" (now updated for 2005) Related pages: Order a free Duck Action Pack , showing what you can do to help Click here for information on going veggie Little water birds who will never know water Factory farmed ducks are often covered in excreta and their injuries ignored Viva!

94. Wild Side Of The Menu No. 1 - Care And Cookery Information on proper care and cookery of wild game so you can fully enjoy the Generally, game animals are cleaned and butchered in the same manner as http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/yf/foods/he124w.htm

North Dakota State University NDSU Extension Service Wild Side of the Menu No. 1 Care and Cookery FN-124 (Revised), October 2003 Martin Marchello, Professor, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, NDSU Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist/Assistant Professor, NDSU Extension Service Click here for an Adobe Acrobat pdf file suitable for printing. Introduction Care of Game and Fish Aging Game ... More Information The most succulent wild game can be destroyed by improper handling in the field or improper cooking at home. The handling of the meat from harvesting to preparing can make a major difference in flavor and safety of the end product. The purpose of this publication is to provide information on proper care and cookery of wild game so you can fully enjoy the fruits of the field. Undesirable strong flavors in the meat can be due to inadequate bleeding, delay or carelessness in dressing or failure to cool the carcass promptly. Occasionally, the diet of the animal will affect the flavor. Generally, game animals are cleaned and butchered in the same manner as domestic animals. However, one must remove mutilated and bloodshot areas as well as bullets and shotgun pellets. Remember, the flavor of wild game meat, when handled properly, is delicious and characteristically unique to the species. Venison and antelope taste as different from one another as beef and pork.

95. Animals: Wild & Free No More - Bison Slaughter In Montana Full text of the article, wild free no more bison slaughter in Montana fromanimals Those animals were the ancestors of today s Yellowstone bison, http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FRO/is_n5_v130/ai_19733625

@import url(/css/us/style1.css); @import url(/css/us/searchResult1.css); @import url(/css/us/articles.css); @import url(/css/us/artHome1.css); Home Advanced Search IN free articles only all articles this publication Automotive Sports FindArticles Animals Sept-Oct 1997 Content provided in partnership with 10,000,000 articles Not found on any other search engine. Related Searches Bison / Environmental aspects Montana / Environmental policy Featured Titles for ASA News ASEE Prism Academe African American Review ... View all titles in this topic Hot New Articles by Topic Automotive Sports Top Articles Ever by Topic Automotive Sports Animals Sept-Oct, 1997 by Stephen Gorman Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. First, put yourself in the landscape, a rough, edgy country of sagebrush benchlands encircled by snowy plateaus and weathered mountain ridges, a land of big skies and sweeping vistas. The Yellowstone River carves a deep rift through it. The current is loaded with the melt of heavy snows. Tumbling headlong, fleeing the high country of its origin, the river rushes past the boundary of the national park that bears its name, hurrying down to the valley called Paradise, in Montana. Now, hear the thunderclap of high-powered rifles, of firing pins striking primer and igniting gunpowder to send copper-zinc-jacketed lead bullets flying towards their mark at more than 3,000 feet per second. Bam! The bullets punch through tough bison hides, splintering bones and puncturing organs as they mushroom and tear through the guts of the large, shaggy, brown creatures. Professional marksmen in the service of the people of Montana fire the bullets. With cool efficiency the sharpshooters choose their targets and pull the triggers.

96. Water Hemlock Or Spotted Cowbane (Cicuta Maculata) - Wild Flowers Of Sleepy Holl wild Flowers of Sleepy Hollow Lake water Hemlock or Spotted Cowbane (Cicuta Just as we cannot have human and animal life without water and plants, http://www.all-creatures.org/picb/wfshl-waterhemlock.html

Water Hemlock or Spotted Cowbane (Cicuta maculata) From all-creatures.org Art and Photo Journals and Galleries Directory Dedicated to the Preservation and Restoration of the Whole of Creation Humans - Animals - Environment "And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day" (Genesis 1:31) Wild Flowers of Sleepy Hollow Lake Water Hemlock or Spotted Cowbane (Cicuta maculata) To enlarge the photos, click on the photos or links Water Hemlock - 01 ) We spotted these water hemlock growing in a semi-wet area off the side of the road. Water hemlock can grow to heights of three to six feet and usually grow in wet or damp fields or in swamps. They are members of the Parsley family, Umbelliferae, or Carrot family, Apiaceae, depending on the reference consulted; but unlike the parsley and carrots we eat, this relative of the poison hemlock is probably the most poisonous plant in the United States. Water Hemlock - 01a ) At first glance, water hemlock may look like the common Queen Anne's lace, but the water hemlock's flat-topped umbel is separated. The name "cowbane" refers to the fact that this otherwise beautiful plant is just as deadly to cattle as it is to humans. Water Hemlock - 02 ) The most distinguishing feature of the water hemlock is the purple-streaked or spotted stems, hence the Latin name, maculata, which means blotched or spotted. The alternately growing leaves of the water hemlock are pinnate with a terminal and two or three sets of parallel coarsely toothed leaflets.

97. Colorado Wild Animal Rehabilitation Flower Essences Used in Colorado wild Animal Rehabilitation Program Remedy GivenFive Flower Formula; remedy was diluted in water and squirted at the http://www.flowersociety.org/wildkindcases.htm

Flower Essences Used in In August, 2000, FES donated some flower essences commonly used with animal issues to Wildkind, the wildlife rehabilitation facility of the Larimer County Humane Society in Fort Collins, Colorado. Established in 1988 to provide care to injured, ill, or orphaned wild animals until they are able to be released back into the wild, Wildkind had already been using homeopathic remedies.  Upon receipt of the donation, they were able to add flower essences on a much larger scale than before. Sarah Breuilly, the Wildkind program manager, began submitting cases almost immediately, revealing the effectiveness of flower essences in animal rescue treatments.  "Things are going absolutely wonderfully," she reported.  "Our Animal Protection and Control Officers have begun using the remedies and are absolutely fascinated with what they are seeing. I have been using the remedies quite liberally and have had some miraculous things occur.  Thank you so very much!" Sarah said the essences are now used with all of the animals, and all of the animals receive the Five Flower Formula daily. Other cases are determined by their emotional needs. "We also use the Five Flower Formula as a room freshenerit seems to help eliminate bad smells."

98. Grassfed Basics - Eat Wild Eat wild The clearinghouse for information about pasture-based farming. Animal stress and abuse • Air, land, and water pollution http://www.eatwild.com/basics.html

Benefits: Nutritional For the Animals For the Environment For the Farmer ... Support Eatwild.com Society is closing a circle and returning to a radical concept: nature has the best ideas. The Quivira Coalition Grass-Fed Basics Printer-Friendly Version Factory Farming. Unnatural Diets. Animal Stress. Lower Nutritional Value. Pigs, Chickens, Ducks and Geese. Chickens, turkeys, and pigs are also being raised in confinement. Typically, they suffer an even worse fate than the ruminants. Tightly packed into cages, sheds, or pens, they cannot practice their normal behaviors, such as rooting, grazing, and roosting. Worse yet, they cannot escape the stench of their own manure. Meat and eggs from these animals are also lower in a number of key vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids. The Environment. The Art and Science of Grassfarming.

99. Virginia Department Of Environmental Quality Plan several activities from Project wild. Invite a Project wild volunteer They have several on animal survival, adaptation, food chains and migration. http://www.deq.state.va.us/education/ecology.html

Commonwealth of Virginia Web Policy Governor of Virginia Contact Us ... Contact the EE staff email: Ann Regn Air Check out the air in your school or club area. Spread a thin layer of vaseline on several pieces of cardboard or white posterboard. Then place the cardboard in various locations of your school (near the front door, the cafeteria or loading dock, out in the playground, etc.). Leave them for a week. Then collect them and bring them back to your classroom. See what they collected and compare the different locations by looking at the particles under a microscope or through a magnifying glass. Check out materials available from Commonwealth Gas on air quality (available only to those in the Commonwealth Gas service area). Create public service announcements with suggestions on how to keep our air clean. Resources American Lung Association, call 1-800-LUNG-USA to get address or phone number of your local agency. Handouts, speakers, videos and Project A.I.R.E. Animals/endangered species/wildlife Adopt an animal. Many organizations will send you periodic letters telling you about your adopted animal. Donate money to Department of Game and Inland Fisheries non-game fund to protect watchable wildlife and threatened species.

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