National Wildlife Refuge

National Wildlife Refuge is a designation for certain protected areas of the United States managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The National Wildlife Refuge System is the system of public lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife and plants. Since President Theodore Roosevelt designated Florida's Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge as the first wildlife refuge in 1903, the System has grown to over 560 national wildlife refuges and other units of the Refuge System, plus 38 wetland management districts encompassing more than 150,000,000 acres (607,028 km²).

Background

The mission of the Refuge System is to manage a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of fish, wildlife and plant resources and their habitat. The Refuge System maintains the biological integrity, diversity and environmental health of these natural resources for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans.

Middle Creek (California)

Middle Creek is a major tributary of Cerrito Creek in Albany, California.

The creek runs begins at the confluence of Blackberry Creek and Capistrano Creek, on the western edge of Berkeley's Thousand Oaks neighborhood. It flows west, both above ground and through culverts before discharging into Cerrito Creek in Creekside Park, on the north side of Albany Hill near San Francisco Bay. It is looked after by the Friends of the Five Creeks, a community organization.

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Middle Creek (Lackawaxen River)

Middle Creek is a 20.7-mile-long (33.3 km)tributary of the Lackawaxen River in the Poconos of eastern Pennsylvania in the United States.

The confluence of Middle Creek and the Lackawaxen River at Hawley is located behind the Hawley Public Library.

History of the name: The name Middle Creek was given because it was the middle river running through Hawley, Pennsylvania.

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Coordinates: 41°28′42″N 75°10′56″W / 41.47822°N 75.18217°W / 41.47822; -75.18217

Middle Creek (New South Wales)

Middle Creek (New South Wales) is a river of the state of New South Wales in Australia.

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Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area

The Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area is a 6,000 acre Wildlife Management Area located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It is managed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

Its lakes seasonally get up to 100,000 migrating snow geese. The largest of the lakes was created by a dam built in the early 1970s, and covers 360 acres. The Horse-Shoe Trail goes through the area just south of the main impoundment dam.

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Wildlife

Wildlife traditionally refers to non-domesticated animal species, but has come to include all plants, fungi, and other organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans.

Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems. Deserts, forests, rain forests, plains, grasslands, and other areas including the most developed urban sites, all have distinct forms of wildlife. While the term in popular culture usually refers to animals that are untouched by human factors, most scientists agree that much wildlife is affected by human activities.

Humans have historically tended to separate civilization from wildlife in a number of ways including the legal, social, and moral sense. Some animals, however, have adapted to suburban environments. This includes such animals as domesticated cats, dogs, mice, and gerbils.Some religions have often declared certain animals to be sacred, and in modern times concern for the natural environment has provoked activists to protest the exploitation of wildlife for human benefit or entertainment.

Wildlife (band)

Wildlife are a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2005. The band is currently based in Toronto. The band's debut LP Strike Hard, Young Diamond was favourably received by both Exclaim! and Chart.

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Formation

Band members Dean Povinsky, Graham Plant and Dwayne Christie are originally from Oshawa, Ontario. Wildlife began as an entity in 2005, when singer/guitarist Povinsky and guitarist Darryl Smith left Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and moved to Glasgow to form and play in a band. The group, also comprising Scottish drummer Peter Kelly and Canadian Billy Holmes, spent time travelling, writing songs, recording and playing small venues around Glasgow. The dark days, rain, and a general homesickness led the members to abandon the project and return to Canada.

Povinsky moved to Toronto with the intention of continuing Wildlife with childhood friend Graham Plant on guitar, drummer Dwayne Christie and Julia Mensink playing synthesizer. The group was rounded out when bassist Derek Bosomworth was procured via a Craigslist advertisement. The band is currently based in Toronto.