I SEEK9FIND FIND THESE WORDS IN THE PUZZLE SELOW. BOSH KENNEDY ROOSEVELT COOLIDGE LINCOLN . TAFT GARFIELD PIERCE TROMAN HOOVER POLK WASHINGTON THE WORDS READ UK DOWN AND ACROSS RECYCLE IS TURNING OLD ITEMS INTO NEW ONES - Look for the recycling symbol on items you buy. Recyclables include - aluminum (soda cans), steel (food cans), glass, paper, newspaper, cardboard and some plastics. Make space in your house and school to store these items. If you recycle, you won’t need as much space for trash. Remember to rinse things out before you put them in the recycling bin. c G G N ■SIIIII IMJ \ril LMI / _J |L.±~~p] [l4=] Konger* WHICH TWO ARE EXACTLY ALIKE? Imi h o a x i n 0 s a x v w 3)1 O O ¥ v*is Keeping The Environment Sheep Shape \ # Nature's weed-whackers—Sheep grazing helps control brush and tall grasses that can fuel forest fires. (David Cornwell for ASI) (NAPS) —Everyday is Earth Day for American sheep. They help prevent damage from wildfires by controlling tall grass and brush. They regenerate forests after a blaze. And they control pesky weeds that render useless public and private lands. An added bonus: sheep produce an all-natural, biodegradable resource—wool. Here are just a few ways sheep help protect and preserve the environment. This summer, as they have for more than 15 years, sheep will help control brush and keep grass short on 13,000 acres of ridge-top fire breaks in Southern California’s An geles National Forest. The firebreaks are a vital barrier between raging wildfires and nearby Los Angeles. The four footed weed-whackers typi cally are less expensive to use than equipment to uproot brush or cut grass, and they are far better for the envi ronment than herbicides, say U.S. Forest Service managers. In Texas, wool is being transformed into oil-thirsty pads, mats, booms and mitts for use throughout the oil industry. Unlike man-made petroleum-based products typically used to sponge up oil spills, wool can absorb up to 30 times its weight in oil and still repel water. Plus, the biodegradable products can be squeezed dry and reused up to eight times. In the Great Plains and West, sheep form a form idable line of defense against alien invaders—noxious weed imports such as leafy spurge. Poisons can’t eradicate leafy spurge, except in small, young patches, and the cost of spraying often is pro hibitively high. What does work, according to land man agers, is sheep grazing. While other animals shun the plant, sheep find leafy spurge a real taste treat. Along these lines, the Nature Conservancy has called on sheep to help con trol weeds that threaten to crowd out native grasses and endangered plant species in a Northern California pre serve. Established in 1982, the 1,500-acre Willis Zinn Jepson Prairie Preserve har bors rare vernal pools that are home to plant and ani mal species found nowhere else in the United States. Up to 4,000 ewes are seasonally employed to control weeds by simulating the way elk and deer once grazed the land. It’s a win-win situa tion for the preserve and for the sheep, say preserve administrators. Elsewhere in the nation, sheep help organic farmers control pest-harboring brush and weeds without the use of herbicides. In orchards, sheep can “mow” closer to trees without damaging them, swiftly clean up fallen fruit and then leave behind a rich, natural fertilizer that helps the orchard flourish. For more information on sheep and the environment, call the American Sheep Industry Association at (303) 771-3500, ext. 30, or visit the ASI Web site at http:// www. sheepusa.org. / * tlv
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