Wednesday, March 12,1980

The Herald and The Lantern

Habitat— Where Wildlife hives

WASHINGTON - In 1938 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed a' new national observance, Wildlife Restoration Week, the nation had only recently learned as important environmental lesson from its disastrous

across the country, but unfortunately, many of the nation’s remaining wildlife habitats are still in danger. For example. •The U.S. Soil Conservation Service has estimated that there were originallv 127 million acres

"We can't turn back the clock, but with careful planning we can save the nation’s remaining wildlife habitats," Kimball emphasized. "We can 'Save A Place For Wildlife,' But we need everyone’s help and concern.

f, March 16-22.1930 National Wildlife Week

THE WALLS are going up at the site of the new Eckerd Drug Store on Rt. 17 near Marlvn Manor in Rio Grande; as commercial development continues along the main road into the Wild woods.

Dead Woman Shot Twice

Dust Bowl: Without adequate protection, our natural resources could be quicly lost forever. It seemed appropriate that the first theme of that week in March sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation, should be habitat protection. It’s now 42 years later, and the week, this year March 16-22, is called National Wildlife Week. And once again, the theme—‘‘Save A Place For Wildlife"—emphasizes habitat protection. Habitat protection has remained an important and recurring theme. As Thomas Kimball, ekecutive vice president of the National Wildlife Federation, explains: "It’s an issue that never goes away. Very simply, without food, water, cover, and a place to raise young—habitat—wildlife cannot survive." Environmental awareness has come a long way since the Dust Bowl swept

of wetlands in the lower 48 states. Half of them have been obliterated, and it is estimated that 138,000 acres of wetlands are drained each year. •For years, coastal cities have dumped polluting sewage into the biggest wildlife habitat of all—the ocean. For example, more than 130 million cubic feet of sludge are dumped each year into a stretch of ocean south of Long Island and east of New Jersey. Biologists have found that pollutants in the sludge can become concentrated in edible seafood. •The nation once boasted 400,000 square miles of eastern tallgrass prairie, stretching from Minnesota into Texas and as far east as Indiana. Today, only one per cent of those prairies remains. •More than tv^o million acres of ravaged stripmined land are waiting to be reclaimed. Some 800,000 acres more are mined each year.

VILLAS — Nora O’Neill Fullmer. 36. who died of a gunshot wound allegedly at the hands of her estranged husband last .Tuesday morning, was shot twice, according to the autopsy. Authorities say that one of the .22-caliber rifle slugs struck her in the back of the skull while the other hit the fleshy part of her chin. POLICE, responding to an assault call, found Mrs. Fullmer dead inside the front gate of her mother's home, where she and her

daughter were living, at 311 E. Pacific Ave. shortly after8:15.a.m. March4 According to authorities, Mrs. Fullmer was retur ning home after having dropped her daughter off at the Teitelman School and was walking toward the front door when she was shot. HER HUSBAND of six weeks, Patrick Fullmer. 52, of 307 E. Pacific Ave., remained in county jail earlier this week under $100,000 bail awaiting

grand jury action on the homicide charge. According to'reports, he had had several run-ins with his wife since they separated shortly after their Jan. 17 marriage. Unemployed, herepohedly had been in jail on charges of assaulting and harassing Mrs. Fullmer and damaging her car. The day before the homicide. Mr. Fullmer had reportedly been placed on probation and warned to stay away from his wife by a municipal judge

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Septic Plan Hit (From Pagel) plant — which will be designed to handle septage — is scheduled to be on-line in 1984, with supplemental septage handling facilities to be provided at the Wildwobds/Lower treatment facility. MR. MARINAKIS encouraged homeowners with septic systems to write the DEP in Trenton protesting the state's proposed program since, he said, they will feel the result of the program when they receive their next bill for having their septic tank cleaned out.

The sperm whale has the largest brain in the animal kingdom—a brain that has been weighed at more than 20 pounds, seven times greater than that of a human, says National Wildlife magazine. ••• Ninety percent of all bird migration occurs at night, according to the National Wildlife Federation.

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