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The facilities at Big Branch Marsh NWR were damaged by Hurricane Katrina.The Boy Scout Road Trail boardwalk was destroyed but a new and improved boardwalk was built in early 2007.
Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge is located on part of the former Loring Air Force Base, in Aroostook County, Maine.It was established in 1998, when 4,700 acres (19 km 2) were transferred from the United States Air Force to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
Tamanend ("the Affable"; [3] c. 1625 – c. 1701), historically also known as Taminent, [4] Tammany, Saint Tammany or King Tammany, [5] was the Chief of Chiefs and Chief of the Turtle Clan [6] of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley signing the founding [7] [8] peace treaty with William Penn.
Tammany Society members also called him St. Tammany, the Patron Saint of America. [ 1 ] Tammanies are remembered today for New York City's Tammany Hall —also popularly known as the Great Wigwam—but such societies were not limited to New York, with Tammany Societies in several locations in the colonies, and later, the young country.
For example, there might be local Labrador Retriever rescue groups, hunting dog rescue groups, large-dog rescue groups, as well as general dog rescue groups. Animal rescue organizations have also been created to rescue and rehabilitate wild animals, such as lions, tigers, and cheetahs; a job which is normally shared or backed by zoos and other ...
The various species of weasels include: northern river otter, American mink, long-tailed weasel, ermine or short-tailed weasel, fisher (in New England is known as a fisher cat), and the American marten (Known as pine marten in some areas of New England even though the pine marten is a separate species.).
Of the animals, only the two horses survived. The fire was seen by the US revenue cutter Veto, which reached the scene half an hour later. The schooner's boats were small and of little use to the rescue. Captain Reed and his men, however, used their boat to rescue about 40 more persons. Despite their efforts, 32 lives were lost. [2]
Abbie was the fourth of nine children of Samuel and Thankful (Phinney) Burgess, [1] [2] who moved to Matinicus Rock in 1853 to become its lighthouse keeper. [3] Although only 15, she soon took over duties of tending the lighthouse so that Samuel could fish and catch lobster, which he sold in Rockland, Maine, 25 miles (40 km) away.