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Private Lands: The New Frontier For Wildlife And Recreation Management, Delwin E. Benson Jun 1996

Private Lands: The New Frontier For Wildlife And Recreation Management, Delwin E. Benson

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

Private lands are the new frontier for managing wildlife that covers two-thirds of the United States, provides habitat for 85% of wildlife, and offers opportunities for outdoor recreation. Wildlife and recreation are increasingly viewed as a product of agricultural and forest lands rather than by-products. The role of landowners to manage wildlife on private lands and the incentives to do so are unclear. Historical conflicts between governments and landowners make working together a new challenge. The "debris" of controversy erodes the building blocks for solutions; thus, debates about governmental controls over wildlife must be replaced with the pragmatic recognition that …

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Wetlands For Wisconsin: A Wetland Restoration And Management Program For Landowners And Local Government Staff, Darrel F. Covell, Robert Ruff Jun 1996

Wetlands For Wisconsin: A Wetland Restoration And Management Program For Landowners And Local Government Staff, Darrel F. Covell, Robert Ruff

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

The Wetlands for Wisconsin Project is a comprehensive, hands-on, educational program on wetlands restoration and management for private landowners and local government staff. This program recruits highly motivated participants to take part in a 2-day workshop and become "Wetland Cooperators." At the workshop presenters instruct sessions both indoors and at field sites to demonstrate the value of wetlands and to show how wetland restoration and management techniques work. We provide each participant with a binder of pertinent wetland publications, and we pay for their meals and lodging during the workshop. In return, the wetland cooperators agree to implement a sound …

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Exotic Aquatic Plants-Some Good; Some Bad, James T. Davis Jun 1996

Exotic Aquatic Plants-Some Good; Some Bad, James T. Davis

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

Aquatic plants, like all other plants, may be weeds in one location and a source of income and therefore coveted in another location. Introduction of exotic aquatic plants to the United States has always proceeded at a rapid rate. Many plants were brought in for horticultural or agricultural purposes. A greater number of aquatic species were brought in as aquarium plants and then accidentally or purposely introduced into the wild as a future source of income. A much lesser number have been introduced into natural waters from ballast pumpage. Most are of tropical or semi-tropical origin and initially were confined …

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Landowners' Perceptions Related To Wetland Regulatory Policy In Coastal Louisiana, Paul D. Coreil Jun 1996

Landowners' Perceptions Related To Wetland Regulatory Policy In Coastal Louisiana, Paul D. Coreil

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

Coastal wetlands in Louisiana are over 75% privately owned. Activities conducted in wetlands are primarily regulated through both the Clean Water Act (Section 404) and the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA). The purpose of this study was to investigate coastal landowners' perceptions related to wetland regulatory policy and use the results in the development of future, more workable wetland regulatory policy in Louisiana and the United States (see recommendations section). Regulatory program concerns most often listed by private landowners include: 1) acceptable definition of a wetland remains unsettled; 2) inconsistencies caused when two or more government agencies or programs issue …

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Plenary Session—Welcome And Opening Remarks, Edward J. Depuit Jun 1996

Plenary Session—Welcome And Opening Remarks, Edward J. Depuit

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

I vastly appreciate the opportunity of being with you all today to help launch what, I am certain, will prove an extraordinary workshop. I bring you specific greetings and words of welcome from colleagues in eastern Washington and elsewhere in the interior Pacific Northwest and particularly from the organization that John Munn and I work for, the College of Agriculture and Home Economics and Cooperative Extension, Washington State University. We are delighted indeed to have this meeting in our corner of the world this year.

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National 4-H Sportfishing Program, Catherine A. Elliott Jun 1996

National 4-H Sportfishing Program, Catherine A. Elliott

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

In May I went to the Cornell Biological Field Station with nine volunteers from Maine to attend the pilot training for the National 4-H Sportfishing Program. While I was there, Ron Howard, chair of the program development committee, asked if I was coming to this meeting, and if so, would I speak about the sportfishing program. In the euphoria of the moment, I said yes, then immediately began to wonder why I had said yes. Although I live more than 50 miles from here, I am giving this talk without slides and I haven't been fishing for over 25 years, …

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Expectations And Opportunities-View From The Profession, Erik K. Fritzell Jun 1996

Expectations And Opportunities-View From The Profession, Erik K. Fritzell

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

Extension Specialists are in a unique position to address what may become the most significant issue in professional fisheries and wildlife management in the last 50 years—the erosion of public support and confidence in government agencies to manage natural resources.

The fisheries and wildlife fields comprise a diverse community of professionals—biologists, managers, decision-makers, consultants, researchers, educators, and others. In this country, the foundation of our field is based upon the Public Trust responsibilities for wild animals. State and federal governments share the role of trustees.

Rural America faces a crisis in natural resource management. Natural resource-based economies have suffered with …

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Frontmatter Jun 1996

Frontmatter

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

Frontmatter

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Multimedia Programs And New Computer Technologies: A Look At Texas 4-H Wildlife School Enrichment Programs, Billy Higginbotham Jun 1996

Multimedia Programs And New Computer Technologies: A Look At Texas 4-H Wildlife School Enrichment Programs, Billy Higginbotham

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

4-H multimedia school enrichment modules offer excellent wildlife educational opportunities for elementary students as we near the 21st century. Modules consisting of hands-on displays, interactive computer programs, videos, lesson plan activities, and pre/post-test components serve to reinforce information relative to topical issues in the wildlife arena. In Texas, modules have been developed entitled "The White-tailed Deer," "Wildlife Success Stories and Endangered Species," and "Something's Fishy." These modules and their duplicates are used as components of county 4-H programs and serve to deliver wildlife information to an ethnically and socio-economically diverse audience of third and fourth graders. Teacher committees are instrumental …

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Images Of The 8th Extension Wildlife And Fisheries Specialists Workshop Jun 1996

Images Of The 8th Extension Wildlife And Fisheries Specialists Workshop

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

Images of the 8th Extension Wildlife and Fisheries Specialists Workshop

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The American Farm Bureau Federation's Perspective, Herbert F. Manig Jun 1996

The American Farm Bureau Federation's Perspective, Herbert F. Manig

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

A fledgling Extension Service learned a lesson early in this century; a lesson that is perhaps more valid today than when it was learned, and a lesson that may be particularly useful to professionals in wildlife and fisheries.

As improvements in agricultural production techniques and procedures were developed by the university agricultural experiment stations, there was an obvious gap between those who possessed the new information and those who needed to adopt it. To meet that need, programs were developed that resulted in professional change agents residing among farmers and ranchers in order to extend the universities' influence by one-on-one, …

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Managing Recreational Fish Ponds, Michael P. Masser Jun 1996

Managing Recreational Fish Ponds, Michael P. Masser

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

Kentucky has over 135,000 farm ponds. These ponds are used for irrigation, watering livestock, and recreation. However, most ponds are under-utilized for recreation. Existing ponds can provide excellent recreational opportunities if properly managed.

The first step in recreational pond management is to determine the pond's purpose. Ponds can be managed for swimming, fishing, aesthetics, and to attract wildlife. It may be difficult to manage for all of these things simultaneously. The pond owner must decide about goals or what is most important. If fishing is the desired objective, the following should help.

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A Perspective Of Past, Present, And Future Extension Wildlife And Fisheries Programs, James E. Miller Jun 1996

A Perspective Of Past, Present, And Future Extension Wildlife And Fisheries Programs, James E. Miller

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

One of the most significant early references to the need for state and federal extension wildlife and fisheries programs was made by Smith (1936). Dr. C. B. Smith was the Assistant Director of Extension Service who spoke at the First North American Wildlife Conference. If you can locate a copy of the transactions from this conference, I encourage you to spend some time reviewing this and numerous other papers presented by some of our predecessors at this great conference. Other early references of extension wildlife and fisheries programs prior to 1950 included papers by Hill (1938), Gabrielson (1941 and 1945), …

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Training Field Staff About Wetlands And Wetland Issues: Dealing With The Unknowns-A Case History, James A. Parkhurst Jun 1996

Training Field Staff About Wetlands And Wetland Issues: Dealing With The Unknowns-A Case History, James A. Parkhurst

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

In response to an increasing number of requests for assistance from county-based extension agents in Virginia about regulatory issues relating to wetlands, an in-service training program on wetland definition, delineation, and permit review was developed and conducted in spring 1995. As a means to familiarize agents with the various wetland regulators, representatives from all agencies or organizations who have any regulatory authority over wetlands in Virginia were invited and asked to introduce and describe their agency and its responsibilities, and discuss when and how they conduct wetland permit reviews. Although an important objective of this training workshop was to help …

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Wildlife Damage Management: Innovative Programs, Thomas G. Barnes, Desley Whisson, Scott E. Hygnstrom, Scott Craven, James Pease, William Andelt Jun 1996

Wildlife Damage Management: Innovative Programs, Thomas G. Barnes, Desley Whisson, Scott E. Hygnstrom, Scott Craven, James Pease, William Andelt

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

Contents:

STATE AGENCY OVERSIGHT OF THE NUISANCE WILDLIFE CONTROL INDUSTRY
VERTEBRATE PEST MANAGEMENT AND ENDANGERED SPECIES IN CALIFORNIA
TACKLING FUTURE ISSUES-THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY'S WILDLIFE DAMAGE MANAGEMENT WORKING GROUP
USING REMOTE DELIVERY IN EXTENSION WILDLIFE PROGRAMS
COLORADO TRAPPING REGULATIONS: CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STEEL JAWS OF TRADITION AND PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS

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The Personal Approach To Put Theory Into Practice, Delwin E. Benson Jun 1996

The Personal Approach To Put Theory Into Practice, Delwin E. Benson

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

Personal traits and techniques of facilitators enable theory to affect practice. Facilitators are guides working within the ethos of the situation to reduce stresses, open the minds of participants, and clear the paths of communication to find what can be accomplished instead of preserving the status quo of what cannot be accomplished. Facilitators should leave their biases at the door and help others to do the same, except for upholding two considerations: 1) the integrity of resources in question; and 2) the dignity of persons who question. Abilities to do the right job are as important as doing the job …

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Workshop Evaluations Jun 1996

Workshop Evaluations

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

Thirty workshop evaluations were returned. the following graphs and tables summarize the responses.

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The Use Of Agricultural Limestone And Gypsum In Ponds, Forrest Wynne Jun 1996

The Use Of Agricultural Limestone And Gypsum In Ponds, Forrest Wynne

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

Ponds built in areas that have acid soils and soft water may not always perform well for fish production. Such ponds may benefit from liming if the water has a total alkalinity of less than 20 mg/1 (20 ppm). If alkalinity is more than 20 mg/1, liming may not be beneficial. Alkalinity measures the buffering capacity of the water and is usually a good indicator of productivity. Carbonates, bicarbonates, hydroxides, phosphates, and organic substances are the main components of water alkalinity. Water hardness is caused by calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum salts, most often in the form of carbonates, sulfates, …

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Walk-In Hunting Area Program In Kansas, Charles D. Lee Jun 1996

Walk-In Hunting Area Program In Kansas, Charles D. Lee

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

Hunting license sales in Kansas are declining. Hunters often cite the lack of access as a reason for no longer hunting. Some landowners are seeking opportunities to use wildlife and other natural resources as a source of supplemental income. Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) initiated a pilot program to lease land and make it available for public hunting. In 1995 KDWP leased 10,345 acres of land from 46 different landowners at a lease cost of $20,400. This lease program follows a simple concept by which landowners receive a fee from the Department to allow people to hunt their …

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Extension Program Development: Evolution In Changing Environments, Ronald A. Howard Jr. Jun 1996

Extension Program Development: Evolution In Changing Environments, Ronald A. Howard Jr.

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

As I was developing these brief comments, I considered using the title, "We're not in Kansas Anymore, Toto." While some of the things we need to do are the same ones we have been doing for the past 30 years, others are quite different—primarily the environments, audiences, or types of requests. Some of that is adaptive reiteration. We have needed to learn new things to treat the needs of new audiences. Perhaps we use wood duck nest structure experience to assist an urban homeowner in placing bat boxes, or answer questions about how to colonize a pond with snakes and …

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Workshop Expectations And Gpra Evaluation And Accountability, Ralph Otto Jun 1996

Workshop Expectations And Gpra Evaluation And Accountability, Ralph Otto

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

Because of a health-related problem, Dr. Otto was unable to attend the workshop; therefore, an overview of his suggested comments was presented by Jim Miller as follows:

Our expectations for this Eighth National Extension Wildlife and Fisheries Specialists Workshop are that it will provide an opportunity for the professionals in attendance to assess current programs and capabilities; address changing audiences and their need for educational programs; evaluate changes in the land grant university system and in their agency; and proactively make needed changes to ensure that their educational programs continue to be relevant to Society's needs now and in the …

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The Fish And Wildlife Service-Extension Connection, Duncan Macdonald Jan 1996

The Fish And Wildlife Service-Extension Connection, Duncan Macdonald

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

We go back a long, long way! When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) first established an office to cooperate directly with the Extension System's fish and wildlife component, I was a mere lad of 49. I became involved 4 years later, still a very young man! Now that the program and I have matured it's a good time to reflect on past accomplishments and associations and to look ahead to a continuing productive relationship.

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Pesticide Use By The Federal/Cooperative Animal Damage Control (Adc) Program, 1988-1991, Guy Connolly Nov 1995

Pesticide Use By The Federal/Cooperative Animal Damage Control (Adc) Program, 1988-1991, Guy Connolly

Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference: 7th (1995)

ADC personnel use many wildlife damage control methods including pesticide products. This paper presents a national overview of the kinds and amounts of chemical pesticides used by ADC in direct control activities during Fiscal Years (FY) 1988-1991. The pesticides used by ADC included aluminum phosphide, 4-aminopyridine, bone tar oil, brodifacoum, carbon, alpha-chloralose, cholecalciferol, DRC-1339, fenthion, glyphosate, immobilizing & euthanizing drugs, mineral oil, PA-14, phosphorus, polybutene, sodium cyanide, sodium fluoroacetate, sodium nitrate, strychnine, sulfur, and zinc phosphide. This summary shows that ADC personnel used remarkably small amounts of chemicals during FY 19881991. Overall amounts of pesticides used by ADC have changed …

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Survey Of Black Bear Depredation In Agriculture In Massachusetts, Sandra A. Jonker, James A. Parkhurst Nov 1995

Survey Of Black Bear Depredation In Agriculture In Massachusetts, Sandra A. Jonker, James A. Parkhurst

Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference: 7th (1995)

Black bear (Ursus americanus) depredation in agriculture has become an increasing concern in Massachusetts. Complaints from apiarists, corn growers, and livestock producers have increased 167% during the period 1980 to 1990, but whether this increase truly represents more depredation, response of bears to other factors, or simply better reporting/record keeping has not been determined. The bear population in Massachusetts from 1984 to 1989 increased 50°/a to approximately 700-750 animals statewide. Subsequent estimates (1995) have placed the bear population around 1,200 animals. Concurrent encroachment of human development into prime bear habitat also increased contact between bears and humans. During …

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Wildlife Damage Control In Kansas: Private Operators And Public Agencies, L. Andrew Madison, Philip S. Gipson Nov 1995

Wildlife Damage Control In Kansas: Private Operators And Public Agencies, L. Andrew Madison, Philip S. Gipson

Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference: 7th (1995)

The private industry in wildlife damage control is expanding into territory predominantly occupied by public agencies in the past. There is a potential for overlap and competition in services provided by the public and private sectors in Kansas. We examined wildlife damage control activity reports from the Cooperative Extension Service (CES), Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (IDWP), and private nuisance wildlife control operators (NWCO) to determine the most common species controlled by each and their overlap in services across Kansas. The CES predominantly controlled coyotes (Canis latrans). KDWP primarily controlled beavers (Castor canadensis), deer ( …

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Proceedings Of The Seventh Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference, James B. Armstrong - Editor Nov 1995

Proceedings Of The Seventh Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference, James B. Armstrong - Editor

Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference: 7th (1995)

Table of Contents

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Apple Production, Vole Control, And Wild Turkeys: Finding A Balance In Vermont, Richard B. Chipman, Dennis Slate, Abigail J. Duke, Lorraine Berkett, Douglas Blodgett Nov 1995

Apple Production, Vole Control, And Wild Turkeys: Finding A Balance In Vermont, Richard B. Chipman, Dennis Slate, Abigail J. Duke, Lorraine Berkett, Douglas Blodgett

Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference: 7th (1995)

Meadow voles (Crotus pennsylvanicus) and pine voles (Crotus inetorum) cause extensive damage to apple trees by gnawing and girdling trunk and root systems. In 1991, approximately 70% of Vermont's 90 commercial apple producers were using zinc phosphide (ZP) treated cracked corn to manage vole damage. From November 1991 throughout January 1992, 36 confirmed wild turkey deaths were attributed to the broadcast application of ZP treated cracked coin in Vermont orchards. As a result of public concern regarding impacts to nontarget wild turkeys, a working group was formed with representation of various state and federal agencies as …

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Prey Availability And Selection By Mountain Lions In Aravaipa-Klondyke Area Of Arizona, Stan C. Cunning Nov 1995

Prey Availability And Selection By Mountain Lions In Aravaipa-Klondyke Area Of Arizona, Stan C. Cunning

Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference: 7th (1995)

Prey selection by mountain lions (Felis concolor) in the Aravaipa-Klondyke area (2,000 km) in southeastern Arizona was studied from February 1991 through September 1993. Overall diet from frequency of occurrence as determined from 370 scats was: 48% deer (white-tailed and mule deer combined), 34% cattle, 17% javelinas, 6% rabbit (cottontail and jackrabbit), 4% rodent, and 2% desert bighorn. Using a correction factor developed by Ackerman et al. (1984), we also estimated percent biomass and proportion of individuals killed. With respect to biomass consumed, cattle was 44%, deer 40%, javelinas 10.9%, rabbits 2.9%, and rodents 0.02%. Based on weights …

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Beaver Impacts On Timber On The Chauga River Drainage In South Carolina, J. Rickie Dams, Judy A. Barnes, George E. Ward, David Van Leak, David C. Guynn Jr., C. Andy Dolloff, Mark Hijdy Nov 1995

Beaver Impacts On Timber On The Chauga River Drainage In South Carolina, J. Rickie Dams, Judy A. Barnes, George E. Ward, David Van Leak, David C. Guynn Jr., C. Andy Dolloff, Mark Hijdy

Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference: 7th (1995)

Even though beavers (Castor canadensis carolinensis) occur over most of the southeastern United States, the impacts of increasing beaver populations on riparian forests within the southern Appalachian mountains are. not been well documented. Long-tenor browsing and inundation by beaver may alter the composition and structure of riparian forests. A survey of 62 streams (74 mi) within the Chauga River drainage in the mountains of South Carolina was conducted during 1991-1992 to determine the level of beaver activity within the drainage and the amount of timber damaged by beaver activities. Thirty-six streams had evidence of significant beaver activity with …

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Ecology And Control Of Wildlife Damage To Electric Substations, Glenn R. Dudderar, Scott R. Winterstein, Wendy H. Sangstei Nov 1995

Ecology And Control Of Wildlife Damage To Electric Substations, Glenn R. Dudderar, Scott R. Winterstein, Wendy H. Sangstei

Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference: 7th (1995)

This study addresses several aspects of the ecology and control of wildlife damage to electric substations because the amount of existing research is not sufficient to make informed decisions about how best to minimize that damage. Records of 121 incidents of animal-caused faults showed that 78°I° of the faults were caused by squirrels and raccoons and an average of 2,511 customers lost service doting the outage caused by such a fault. Animal damage control measures were evaluated by observing challenges to cool measures by raccoons and squirrels at a substation. The control measures were breached twice because they had not …

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