Dock of the Bay
Volume VII Number 23
June 10-19, 1999
Along the Atlantic Coast, wildlife biologists are alarmed that so many osprey chicks are perishing. In two years, the number of surviving offspring per-nest has declined from 1.5 to 0.6, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. One reason: The birds are not getting enough food ...
In Delaware, farmers will share $8 million over the next 15 years for planting grass and trees in a volunteer federal program announced last week ...
In New York, some folks may be aiming a Bronx cheer at the Bronx Zoo. Zoo officials announced last week that they won't be monkeying around when it comes to the charge for admission to Congo Gorilla Forest, which opens June 25. The cost: $10.75 per person ...
In Arizona, Roy McAlister's '79 Dodge pick-up can't pass emission inspection because it runs on clean-burning hydrogen. Every time he goes through, the computer spits out "void," the Arizona Republic reports. But that's better than a few years ago, when he was arrested for tampering with pollution control equipment ...
Our Creature Feature comes to us from Florida, where a border collie named Jet was brought in to herd birds that have become hazards on the runways at Southwest Florida International Airport.
Jet is doing okay with the birds, but airport authorities wish he hadn't chosen to expand his job description. When there are no birds to marshal into order, Jet has been turning his attention to the alligators that frequent the airport's ponds, USA Today reports.
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