Word: firs
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...region of deep inlets and fir forests south of Anchorage, the Kenai Fjords area is notable for bird-covered cliffs and a vast population of mountain goats and sea mammals. It also has the remnant of an icefield formed during the Pleistocene epoch, which ended some 10,000 years...
...entomologist at the U.S. Forest Service's research labs in Corvallis, Daterman has been battling the Douglas-fir tussock moth, a major pest to the lumber industry in the Far West. In their larval stage, the voracious little insects can destroy a whole stand of valuable fir trees. For the past two years, Daterman and his colleagues at the Forest Service have been setting out forest traps baited with a man-made duplicate of the female moth's chemical sex-attractant pheromone. The object: to lure males, who can sniff out a mere trace of the powerful stuff...
...family home-enough to hurt the home-building industry, which is finally pulling out of its recession. In addition, the industry and the Forest Service argue that clear-cutting makes good conservation sense. It is little different from harvesting grain, say foresters, and greatly benefits the replanting of Douglas fir and other valuable species that need plenty of sunlight to grow...
...never married or had a home. He fell in love three times (once with Singer Jenny Lind), but the affairs were little more than heroine worship. Like his invention The Fir Tree, which was disappointed at every stage of its growth, Hans could never recognize happiness until it had evaporated...
...substance, I believe we won't have a new line." What Gur envisions are rolling defensive positions for Israel's armor and artillery, which would be backed up by long-range missiles and high-flying aircraft, including the F-15 and Israel's own K fir fighter...