Cougar

Lynx I think lynx are interesting animals. From there pointy ears to there little bobbed tails. They have cool traits that help them to survive. There are different kinds of lynx that i will be talking about. They all have slight differences but they are all very similar. Lynx have long legs and a short bobbed tail. They also have tufts of fur on their ears. Many people don’t know why they have those or don’t know that it is actual useful to them. The hair on their ears enhances their…

Animals that call the BWCA home includes, moose, deer, timber wolves, lynx, pine martens, wolverine, painted turtles, cougar, red fox, mink, fisher, otters, beaver, and black bears. It is also an important bird habitat that shelters loons, bald eagles, gray jays, ospreys, ravens and peregrine falcons. The BWCA area is situated within the Laurentian Mixed Forest Province…

Wildfires are not only a hazard to our land, but also to our wallets. Ingalsbee (2010) talks about the Forest Fires Emergency Act of 1908 in Getting Burned: a Taxpayer’s Guide to Wildfire Suppression Costs. The Forest Fires Emergency Act is a blank check from Congress that gives the U.S. Forest Service the authority to engage in deficit spending for wildfires. Idaho spends thousands of dollars for each fire in labor, equipment and other costs. Wildfires are especially costly here in the Midwest,…

The University of San Marcos has a great population of students. It is very diverse and hard for its students. It has has many careers and it is really hard for their students to decide which career to take. This University is ranked 32 in top public school. It is located on 304 acres in the foothills of San Marcos. It has a short distance from some of Southern California's best beaches. The University of San Marcos is found in a beautiful area. It is located at 333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Rd, San…

(probably) didn't know below, and stay tuned for parts three and four, coming soon! Number Thirty: It Has Overpasses Built Exclusively for Animals. It's true! There are highways in Canada's Banff National Park that include overpasses built for bears, cougars, moose, wolverine, and more. Number Twenty-Nine: It's Home to the Polar Bear Swim. Every year, Canadians gather in Vancouver to dive into the English Bay. No, they don't do this in the summer months - they do it on New Year's Day. Number…

States. And on that prairie lives one of only four remaining free-roaming and genetically pure bison herds in North America. But it doesn’t stop there. You can also find raccoon, mink, red foxes, ermines ferrets, river otters, badgers, pronghorn, cougars, coyotes, and the like. And, of course, that ubiquitous prairie dweller, the prairie dog. The ara is well traversed by roads, so virtually all of the park is accessible. If you want to get out and walk, there are over thirty miles of hiking…

forests, rocky areas, and swamps. Diet Canada lynxes eat mainly snowshoe hares. They can eat an entire hare every one to two days. Sometimes they will prey on smaller animals like birds and squirrels if hares cannot be found. Their predators include cougars, wolves, coyotes, and humans. People will kill the Canada lynx for their fur coat. Reproduction Breeding season for the Canada lynxes is usually from March to May. Most kittens are born in May and June. The gestation period lasts about…

The Cougar’s Den would be a bar and grill type of establishment located on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Its mission is to provide and fun and safe environment for students and faculty to enjoys drinks and/or appetizers on campus after a long day of class. With having this on campus students of the legal drinking age that live on campus won’t have to drink and drive. Things that still need to be investigated are laws and rules preventing the sale of alcoholic…

In David Thomas’s book, Remember Why You Play he explains and provides evidence to show that football is more than just a game and teaches every important life lessons. Football carries many valuable lessons in it that many people don’t see. Coach Hogan and his team were put against the odds and tried their very best top overcome it. Reading material that is on current high school reading lists should have the criteria of a problem that gets in the way of things, what it means to be an adult,…

The Baroque period was a magnificent era. Filled with new ideas and simply extravagant art. From the alluring paintings drawing you into their beauty to the sculptures that appear as real people. The Baroque period was sincerely a grandiose time. A honorable representation of this time would be Bernini’s David and Pozzo’s Apotheosis of Saint Ignatius. These two works of art are similar in only trivial ways such as they both have a religious background. Bernini’s David is the representation of…