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3991. Columbia Black-Tailed Deer

Columbia Black-Tailed Deer

Description: 11. Columbia Black-Tailed Deer - Odocoileus hemionus. About 42" tall. Weighs about 150-200 pounds. Has 1-3 fawns at a time. Eats plants, bushes and grass. Habitat is broken country, open fields, brush and wooded terrain. Forestry Story - Trees of all ages grow on tree farms. This permits continuous harvesting year in and year out to provide wood for America's daily needs. By helping nature reseed cutover lands, tree farmers plan to supply wood forever.

3992. Common Skunk

Description: 10. Common Skunk - Mephitis mephitis. About 24" long. Weighs about 8 pounds. Has 4-6 young in a litter. Eats small mammals, insects, fish and eggs. Has very strong scent. Habitat is clearings, pastures or open ground near the borders of forests. Home is a burrow or old badger hole. Forestry Story - An old logging railroad trestle is almost hidden by a new crop of 20 to 30 years old Douglas fir. Such trees are about as high as a three-story house. They will be harvested in time to supply wood for you or your children.

3993. Chinook Salmon (also King Salmon)

Chinook Salmon (also King Salmon)

Description: 13. Chinook Salmon (also King Salmon) - Oncorhynchus tschawytscha. Weighs up to 100 pounds. Deposits thousands of eggs when spawning. Eats smaller fish and crustacea. A very valuable food fish. Habitat is freshwater streams when young; the ocean while maturing. Returns to fresh water to spawn and die. Forestry Story - Tree farming practices help keep abundant water supplies in the Northwest. Mature trees left as seed blocks and quickly-established new tree crops protect watersheds and prevent excessive water runoff.

3994. Otter

Description: 14. Otter - Lutra canadensis. About 45" long. Weighs 18-25 pounds. Has 1-3 young in a litter. Eats fish, crayfish and at times birds and small mammals. Habitat is the vicinity of lakes and water courses. Den is in a bank with entrance under water, or sometimes in a hollow log. Forestry Story - Natural forest enemies destroy timber every year than is harvested for American's daily needs. Such enemies include fire, wind, insects and disease. Tree farmers spend vast sums to suppress damage from these sources.

3995. Raccoon

Description: 7. Raccoon - Procyon lotor. About 30" long. Weighs about 15 pounds. Has usually about four young in a litter. Is practically omniverous. Washes its food before eating. Habitat is streams, lakes and marshes. Home is in hollow trees, hollow logs or burrows. Forestry Story - Many new trees grow where one grew before on a tree farm. About 3 to 5 years old, these even-aged trees will mature many years from now. They will then be harvested to supply wood products for a future generation.

3996. Blue Grouse

Description: 9. Blue Grouse - dedragapus obscurus. About 20" long. Has 6-10 young in a brood. Eats seeds, berries, young shoots and tender leaves. A valuable game bird. Habitat is mostly in coniferous forests. Nests on the ground under brush. Forestry Story - This dense young forest will supply wood for a future generation. Within a few years, it may be thinned by the tree farmer. Small trees thinned out will supply useful wood and the trees which remain will grow faster.

3997. Red-Breasted Nuthatch

Red-Breasted Nuthatch

Description: 12. Red-Breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis. About 5" long. Has 4-8 young in a brood. Eats insects, nuts and hard seeds. Wedges them in a branch cleft and breaks the shell with its chisel-like bill. Habitat is forest and thicket, usually near civilization. Nests in hollow trees. Forestry Story - The damp, long winters and mild summers coupled with good forest soil produces long-fibered wood of unusual strength in Douglas fir regions of Washington and Oregon. Douglas fir is native to this area.

3998. Chinese Ring-Necked Pheasant

Chinese Ring-Necked Pheasant

Description: 8. Chinese Ring-Necked Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus. About 25" long. Has 7-13 chicks. Eats insects, grain, shoots. A very important game bird. Habitat is agricultural and semi-agricultural areas. Nests on the ground. Forestry Story - Young Douglas firs 5 to 7 years old begin to blanket the land which was clear-cut to give them light, air and growing room. When the area is fully covered with a new crop, the nearby mature seed trees can be harvested.

3999. 1957 OSC vs. Iowa Rose Bowl game, Marching band at half time, January 1, 1957

1957 OSC vs. Iowa Rose Bowl game, Marching band at half time, January 1, 1957

4000. Bald Eagle

Description: 1. Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus. About 2 feet high. Wingspread 6-7 feet. Has 1-3 young in a brood. Eats animals, birds, fish and reptiles. Our national emblem. Habitat is wooded areas, usually near water. Nest is huge mass of sticks in a tree or on a pinnacle of rock. Forestry Story - This mountainous area is a tree farm. Tree farms are privately owned forestlands. Their owners agree to grow and harvest timber in repeated crops to help provide a permanent supply of wood for America.