Word: waterfowl
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...spring to spawn. Indeed, biologists say that there has already been a drop-off in the number of fish in streams intersecting the Haul Road. Gravel and dust can be another problem. Tossed onto the permafrost by car wheels, they cause the snow to melt early in the spring. Waterfowl then nest prematurely in these moist spots and lose their young to frost...
...once an area of wooded mountains and fertile farm land, was a wasteland pock-marked with bomb craters and shell holes. But in 25 years those scars have begun to heal. Abandoned rice terraces have turned into marshes, which are a favorite feeding ground for waterfowl. Old tank traps overgrown with weeds serve as cover for rabbits. Untamed thickets provide a refuge for herds of Asian river deer, each a small (3 ft. high) fanged version of its North American cousin...
...frozen marsh. "Hey, there's a blackback!" exclaimed their leader. "And look over there, some goldeneyes." Fighting through thick reeds and tall grass, the bird watchers soon spotted other feathered friends: half a dozen stout-bodied, short-necked diving ducks called white-winged scoters, another type of waterfowl known as an old-squaw, several large, double-crested cormorants, and finally an American kestrel. Exulted the leader: "You really get psyched by this...
...Dickey-Lincoln dam project would cost over $690 million, flood 88,000 acres of prime wilderness inhabited by thousands of deer, moose, beavers and waterfowl. It would also drown about $8 million worth of lumber and lumbering land. In addition, the inadequate water supply would seem to make it a very inefficient source of energy...
...more accidents occurred. Another Liberian tanker, the Daphne, ran aground off Puerto Rico and still another, the Olympic Games, grounded and suffered a hull puncture during a docking maneuver at Marcus Hook, Pa. Moving downstream in a slick 32 miles long, its cargo seeped into marshes, coating wintering waterfowl with a sticky layer of oil that matted their feathers and robbed them of their insulating properties. Tens of thousands of birds were endangered...