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Spring Wildlife Tips

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Vol. 3 Issue 2, Spring 1998 By Leslie McCasker Handling the most common types of spring encounters with wildlife If

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Hazardous Roads Ahead

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald

Vol. 3 Issue 1, Winter 1997/1998 By Leslie McCasker Avoiding animal & car encounters and what to do if one

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Do Woolly Bears Really Know?

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald

Vol. 3 Issue 1, Winter 1997/1998 Some people swear by the Old Farmer’s Almanac. Some swear by the woolly bear,

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01 Oct
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Wildlife Encounters: Forestalling Unwanted Winter Guests

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Vol. 2 Issue 3, Fall 1997 By Ann Hocker One of the pastimes my husband and I enjoy with autumn

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Wildlife Encounters: Infant and Fledgling Birds

Posted by Steve Allen Birds, Habitat Herald

Vol. 2 Issue 2, Spring 1997 By Anne Hocker This time of year, one may encounter very young birds out

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Bringing in the Butterflies

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat, Habitat Herald

Vol. 2 Issue 2, Spring 1997 By Barbara Holland After a close call with pesticides and habitat destruction, butterflies are

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Wildlife Encounters: Bears in the Backyard, Snakes in the Basement

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald

Vol. 3 Issue 1, Winter 1997 By Ann Hocker Coexisting with Bears and Snakes As the county’s human population grows

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Hedgerows

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat, Habitat Herald

Vol. 1 Issue 2, Fall 1996 There’s nothing like owning a little piece of nature of your own. A hedgerow,

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Flying Squirrels

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald

Vol. 1 Issue 1, Spring 1996 If you have a stand of mixed hardwoods on your property or have access

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