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A humane society is a group that aims to stop cruelty to animals.In many countries, the term is used mostly for societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals (SPCA). In the United Kingdom, and historically in the United States, such societies provide waterway rescue, prevention and recovery services, or may give awards for saving human life (e.g., Glasgow Humane Society and Massachusetts ...
George Henry Himes (May 18, 1844 – January 6, 1940) was an Oregon pioneer and the first curator of the Oregon Historical Society.His collection of diaries and notebooks preserved the details of the lives and experiences of many pioneers.
The Willamette Valley (/ w ɪ ˈ l æ m ɪ t / ⓘ wil-AM-it) is a 150-mile (240 km) long valley in Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Willamette River flows the entire length of the valley and is surrounded by mountains on three sides: the Cascade Range to the east, the Oregon Coast Range to the west, and the ...
Willamette Valley Conservation Area [1] References Complex website; This page was last edited on 23 September 2024, at 17:59 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Joseph Gervais was born in Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada (British North America at the time) along the St. Lawrence River. [2] [3] Jean Baptiste Gervais was likely his younger brother. [2]
In the lobby of the Inland Valley Humane Society & SPCA shelter in Pomona, Nikole Bresciani gestured toward rows of kennels erected a few months ago to house an influx of stray cats. In another ...
William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge is a natural area in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, United States. [3] [4] It was created to provide wintering habitat for dusky Canada geese. Unlike other Canada geese, dusky Canada geese have limited summer and winter ranges.
The camas pocket gopher (Thomomys bulbivorus), also known as the camas rat or Willamette Valley gopher, is a rodent, the largest member in the genus Thomomys, of the family Geomyidae. First described in 1829 , it is endemic to the Willamette Valley of northwestern Oregon in the United States.