Although it may be harder to collect funding for plants and animals on lower levels than otters and seals, they are just as important and the higher food chain levels would crumble without them. ... Cattails, sea grasses, golden bush, and turtleweed are all common plants being planted in coastal wetlands that are naturally found in all aspects of salt marshes. ... Many of these fish include salmon, sea trout, striped bass, and flounder. ... Many aquatic mammals like otters and sea lions also use the waters on occasion, which increase recreational costs and property values to view the majestic ...

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On a seemingly regular basis, the nation's newspapers and television screens are wallpapered with vivid images of tankers spilling crude oil, also known as petroleum, and oil soaked sea birds in various stages of death and decay. ... In many cases involving tankers, offshore wells, and other deep-sea spills, a sizable portion of the oil catches fire. ... "The famous "Exxon Valdez" oil spill in Alaska's Prince William Sound resulted in the deaths of 15,000 otters, predominantly as a result of ingesting oil." ...

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The first official fur trade company installed in North America went by the name of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), and was charted in 1670 by Charles II, thus making the Company "the true and absolute Lordes and Proprietors" of a huge piece of territory in North America described as "all the Landes Countryes and Territoryes upon the Coastes and Confynes of the Seas" of Hudson's Bay and the river system that drained into it. ... " The HBC maintained their monopoly for over 80 years, but Joseph Robson suggest in his book, An Account of Six Years Residence in...

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