RABBITS AND HARES 



Reforestation is greatly hampered by 

 rabbits in out-over areas where intermittent 

 fires hare killed all seedlings over a period 

 of years. In many areas the snovrshoe hare 

 will eat off as many as 40 peroent of the 

 seedlings and damage up to 70 peroent of them. 



Rabbit -infested reforestation area - 

 Olympic National Forest, Washingtono 



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