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BOATING, TOURISM, WILDLIFE VIEWING, 
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Audubon Society of New Hampshire, 
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Human use of lakes and attitudes to- 
ward loons are discussed and the sta- 
tus of loons in New York evaluated by 
comparing recent survey data with his- 
torical nesting records. Causes for 
observed recent declines involve rec- 
reational pressures associated with 
boating, camping, and shoreline devel- 
opment. High human use of lakes on 
the two major summer holidays, Memor- 
jal Day and July 4th are especially 
hazardous to loon reproduction. 
BOATING, CAMPING, TOURISM, 
LIFE MANAGEMENT, COMMON LOON 
LAKES, WILD- 
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This report contains 19 papers from 
the Canadian Nature Federation Confer- 
ence, 21-27 August 1974, University of 
Western Ontario. Relationships of ur- 
ban dwellers to nature are discussed, 
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URBAN ZONES, WILDLIFE VIEWING, WILDLIFE 
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March 1980, Ann Arbor, Mich. 
Management and impact monitoring of a 
Federally administered off-road vehi- 
cle recreation area in Kentucky and 
Tennessee are discussed. Hunter har- 
vests and observations of wildlife in 
the area suggest that conspicuous 
birds and mammals still inhabit or 
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venture into the area, but there has 
not been sufficient research to assess 
the impacts of off-road vehicles on 
wildlife. 
OFF-ROAD VEHICLES, FORESTS, THREATENED 
AND ENDANGERED SPECIES, RECREATION MAN- 
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McMillan, J. F. 1954. Some observa- 
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Among observations reported are notes 
concerning responses of moose to human 
presence and various noises. 
DISTURBANCE (GENERAL), TOURISM, LAKES, 
WETLANDS, FLIGHT DISTANCE, U.S. NATIONAL 
PARKS, MOOSE 
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due University, West Lafayette, Ind. 
Effects of off-road vehicles on wild- 
life of forested lands are reviewed. 
Cases for and against the use of snow- 
mobiles, motorcycles, and four-wheel- 
drive vehicles in forests are present- 
ed. Few reliable data on off-road 
vehicle impacts on wildlife are avail- 
able, but it is probable that indirect 
effects and unintentional harassment 
of wildlife have produced the greatest 
damage. 
OFF-ROAD VEHICLES, 
HARASSMENT, FORESTS, 
REVIEW, RECREATION MANAGEMENT, WILDLIFE 
(GENERAL) 
Mech, L. D. 1970. The wolf: The ecol- 
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This thorough description of wolf 
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tion on relations with humans. There 
is no basis for the popular belief 
that healthy wild wolves in North 
America pose any danger to humans, and 
popular tales of adoptions of infants 
by wolves can be similarly rejected. 
The preservation of wolf populations 
requires wilderness for habitat and 
