Big Bear Lake This city has a beautiful view to look around and to have a nice vacation. ... Last year in January 2003 my friends and I decided to take the weekend off and go to Big Bear Lake. On our way to Big Bear the only thing around us was the mountains and the road. ... So we kept on driving until we got to the city of Big Bear. ... In front of the lake they have a renting boat place, and cabins so people could admired the lake. ...

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Polar bears are the biggest animals in the bear family. ... The polar bears love to live out in the snow with large frozen lakes or oceans where temperatures can drop below zero. ... Polar bear cubs are whiter than the adult bears. ... Polar bears can pack in the fat; a single bear can consume 100 pound of blubber in one sitting. ... "Works Cited" Neilson, Barbara "Polar Bears Alive" online. 1997 Polar Bears Alive International. ...

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"On September 2, 1769, a small expedition of leatherjacket soldiers, missionaries and muleteers killed a large-but-lean grizzly bear on the shore of an ocean-side lake in Upper California about 80 miles north of today's Santa Barbara It was the first time that a white man had ever killed a California grizzly" (Silva 66). ... Moreover, California bear guns are believed to help exterminate California grizzly bears. ... The invention of California bear guns resulted in decreasing the population of the bears dramatically and eventually led the bears to extinction even though the be...

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As the bear was bathing he grew hungry. ... As the sun began to fall the bear made his way home, but planned to return tomorrow to catch more fish, but little did he know a small turtle on a rock beside the lake was watching the bear eating the innocent fish and was worried. ... The cranky Bear grew angry, and said "Yes! ... Little did the Bear know was that in the jungle lives the furious lions, the bear's worst enemy. ... After the bear left the river the turtle was filled with joy, and had defeated the bear. ...

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Grizzly bears in British Columbia represent many things to different people. ... This view of grizzly bears as somewhat of a "flagship" species is reflected in the naming by environmental groups of the large wilderness area of the Central Coast as the Great Bear Rainforest. ... The Wildlife Branch has an official mandate relating to its management of grizzly bears, which was published in the British Columbia Grizzly Bear Conservation Strategy in June of 1995. ... One other significant factor affecting some grizzly bear populations in B.C. is the translocation of bears. ... Maintaining high qua...

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After establishing this base, Cleaveland traveled along the shore of Lake Erie to a point where the Cuyahoga River flowed into the lake. ... As the ships stood at anchor off the shore of Lake Erie, they were exposed to the fury of storms when they came up. ... In 1825, $5,000 was appropriated by Congress to build a 600 foot pier out into the lake, near the east bank of the Cuyahoga River. ... The following year, $10,000 was spent to cut a more direct channel into the lake, west of where the Cuyahoga flowed into Lake Erie at a point where the bend of the river carried it closest to the lake...

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Animals that hibernate are bears and chipmunks. Bears are the largest hibernating animals. ... The most unique thing about bears during hibernation is that they do not eat, drink, or excrete at all during their hibernation (Science made simple, Inc. 1995). ... Fish, frogs and other reptiles found at the bottom of lakes and ponds remain dormant during the winter season (Science made simple, Inc. 1995). ...

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The American Black Bear, like most bears, lack the distinctive shoulder hump that the Grizzly Bear has. ... The second is ponds and lakes. ... Lakes can range in size from small ponds to huge bodies of water such the Great Lakes in the U.S. Lakes and rivers are closely tied. ... Some rivers end in lakes. ...

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The story Greasy lake was written by t. coraghessan boyle. ... They got themselves in trouble when they beat up a guy in a dark place and tried to rape a girl on a place called greasy lake. ... In the end they left greasy lake, not trying to remember what had just happened the day before. ... "I don't know how long I was there, the bad breath of decay all around me, my jacket heavy as a bear, the primordial ooze subtly reconstituting itself to accommodate my upper thighs and testicles." with this line you could really imagine were he is hiding. ... It was probably mud with dirt from all ...

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Women cooked and maintained the household The men hunted Buffalo Tribe used all parts of the animal - no waste Iroquoian People Lived nears the Great Lakes and forested areas. ... Corn was considered to be a gift from God Algonquin People They lived near lakes, rivers and forests.Based in Canada, usually West of the Great Lakes Foods included Deer, Moose, Bear and Rabbit. ...

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The American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) What does the black bear look like? ... Black bears have a humped shoulder with barley visible claws. ... Also it needs large rivers and lakes to swim in and drink from. ... Then this bears going be pretty big. ... Female black bears normally mature around 3-5 years. ...

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The bacteria need less food because it's cold, and its metabolism is slowed down, somewhat like a hibernating bear's. ... Lake Vostok is one of more than 70 lakes identified underneath the icy crust of the Antarctic. ... These bacteria need less food the normal bacteria because of a colder environment, which results in lowered metabolism similar to that of a bear hibernating (NASA, Dec. 1999). ... Although the lake is possibly millions of years old, the water tends to be much younger than the lake itself. ... Lake Vostok however takes roughly 13,300 years to remove the entire ...

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The bacteria need less food because it's cold, and its metabolism is slowed down, somewhat like a hibernating bear's. ... Lake Vostok is one of more than 70 lakes identified underneath the icy crust of the Antarctic. ... These bacteria need less food the normal bacteria because of a colder environment, which results in lowered metabolism similar to that of a bear hibernating (NASA, Dec. 1999). ... Lake Vostok however takes roughly 13,300 years to remove the entire contents of the lake. ... "These frozen lake water samples will record the passage of the ice sheet and the proces...

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Terry Tempest Williams, a fifth-generation Mormon, grew up in Salt Lake City. ... Williams also similarly discusses the damages on the city, but she places most of her attention discussing the effects on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. The Great Salt Lake is the largest natural saltwater lake in North America. ... The Bear River Migratory Refugee is located 15 miles southwest of the Salt Lake ecosystem. ... (Operation Pumbbob, 1) The nuclear impact was not limited to just residents of Salt Lake City. ...

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Beautiful, crystal clear lakes littered the north and presented themselves everywhere. ... The air was pure, crisp and clean, and the sun glistened and bounced off of the clear lake surfaces. ... A bear was one of the of our sightings on the way. ... The lake was as still as glass, and pine trees all stood at attention. ... Whether it was walking through a wooded forest or navigating through rocks in a lake. ...

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They serve as safe havens for wildlife such as waterfowl, deer, black bear, and turkeys. ... Duck Lake is about 1200 acres and Cowpen Bayou is about 154 acres. ... It is also a critical habitat for the Black Bear. ... habitat and loss has been the main reason for the Black Bear's decline. ... A Black Bear can live up to 30 years. ...

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THE BEAR TERROR CONTINUES Broken ribs, Lower Half body is paralyzed, for now 12th bear attack this year Eddy Lee Travel Reporter JASPER- The 12th wild bear attack occurred to a hiker, Liam Freeman (23), at 3PM yesterday. ... Rabson with his friend Gabriella Joyson (22) when the attack occurred near Grizzly Bear Lake. ... "Liam was petrified by the bear and he ran away. Unluckily, he lost his balance while he was running, and then the bear knocked him down. ... "We sort of knew that the grizzly bear was around us when we found a carrion that was attacked by a grizzly bear. ...

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The warriors of "The 13th Warrior" and Beowulf, clearly, had incongruous reasons for fighting the bear men. ... Like Beowulf and Ahmed, Grendel and the bear men had incongruous reasons for attacking Herot. ... When Ahmed and his men were attacked by the bear men in the small hut, they fought for a while and the bear men fled back into the night to their cave. ... Grendel fled back into the night, down to his cave under the hellish waters of the lake. ... He searches for hours in the lake until he is snatched by her and is carried to her cave. ...

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We decided to go out to silver glen, it's a spring off Lake George where people go in their boats to party, get drunk, run around topless, and all that good stuff. ... The next day more and more people started to get there and it got crowded to a point where you could bearly walk around without getting in some ones way. ...

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This war was decided on the battlefield, as well as the oceans and the Great Lakes. ... The United States Navy thus won the decisive battles on the Great Lakes, as well as the high seas. ... The Java, under Captain Henry Lambert, tried to cross the bow of the Constitution so that it would be able his entire broadside to bear, thus requiring the Constitution to reply with its bow guns. ... The United States Navy was victorious on the freshwater lakes, as well as the high seas. The style of ships on the lakes was different than the ocean-goers. ...

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The Act outlined four separate purposes: to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in their natural diversity including, but not limited to, the Porcupine caribou herd, polar bears, grizzly bears, muskoxen, Dall sheep, wolves, wolverines, snow geese, peregrine falcons and other migratory birds and Arctic char and grayling; to fulfill the international fish and wildlife treaty obligations of the United States; to provide the opportunity for continued subsistence uses by local residents; and to ensure water quality and necessary water quantity within the refuge. ... The Refuge is al...

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Chicago is also bordered by Lake Michigan. ... Chicago sits on the continental divide between the Great Lakes "St. ... It also is bordered by 29 miles of Lake Michigan. ... People also moved here because of the beaches along lake Michigan and many people used the Lake for swimming and other recreational purposes. ... One unique region I thought of was the Chicago Bears or "Da Bears- a football team belong in the National Football Conference North Division. ...

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The Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes help to modify the climate locally. ... The Great Lakes are located partly in Canada but the largest lakes of North America, Great Bear, Great Slave, and Winnipegare, are entirely in Canada. ...

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The Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes help to modify the climate locally. ... The Great Lakes are located partly in Canada but the largest lakes of North America, Great Bear, Great Slave, and Winnipegare, are entirely in Canada. ...

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Other interesting places you could visit would be the Grand Lake St. Mary's, the Maumess River, Lake Erie's Bass Islands, Sandusky/Port Clinton are and Indiana's Chain of Lakes State Park. ... After 200 years some of thos trees still bear apples. ...

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