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… Ojo de Liebre ("Scammon's Lagoon"), Baja California, is the major calving ground of the eastern Pacific stock of the … with exceptional scientific, esthetic, and potential commercial values; and WHEREAS, in the past few years a … calves may increase calf mortality or cause whales to abandon the lagoon; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the American …
… the Wolf and the Brown Bear in Fenno-Scandinavia. * IUCN Bulletin New Series, Vol. 2, No. 14, enclosure Jan./Mar. 1970. … Resolution on Action by the IUCN …
… are endangered, depleted, or are recovering from past commercial harvest; and WHEREAS the community of nations have recognized the importance of … International Whaling Commission (IWC); and WHEREAS Japan has recently expanded its scientific whaling program to …
… WHEREAS, the Whale Research Program of the Bureau of Commercial … agreement; and WHEREAS, reduction in baleen whale stocks has recently placed a heavy exploitive load on sperm whale …
… Marine Mammal Biological Laboratory (MMBL) of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (BCF) has, since its creation, occupied … mammals and birds in captivity; and WHEREAS, sea otters, whales, porpoises, seals, sea lions, walruses, and sea birds … to formulate wise management policy, and the need for knowledge of the abundance, distribution, population dynamics, …
… WHEREAS, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Arctic NWR), comprising 19,575,711 acres in northeastern Alaska, … refuge in the 94-million-acre NWR system, and represents one of the most spectacular landforms and assemblages of … hazardous substances such as ethylene glycol used in antifreeze; and WHEREAS, the ecosystems of the Arctic NWR are …
… of Natural History have played a long and important role in the American Society of Mammalogists since they hosted … one serving as ombudsman, and 8 serving on 11 standing committees of the Society; and WHEREAS, Smithsonian … and WHEREAS, Smithsonian mammalogists maintain important sites on the World Wide Web that are used extensively by …
… on Infrastructure for Biology at Regional to Continental Scales (IBRCS) in the white paper, "Rationale, Blueprint, and … of data regarding mammals at collecting and monitoring sites for the proposed Biological Observatory Network (BON); … the ability of biologists in the USA to predict the outcomes of global warming or other environmental changes on …
… and WHEREAS, without voucher specimens, such studies may become less valuable, potentially misleading or worthless if specimens have been misidentified, or if the study organisms are the subject of taxonomic revision; … for understanding the specimens on which the research has been based; and WHEREAS, repeatability as a cornerstone …