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Legislators Treasure Nature Inquirers Across States
The Associated Press reports lawmakers in several states debated nature bills from gray squirrels as state mammals to the brown thrasher versus the bob white quail. Other measures covered grass, rock, fungus, snakes and even a 10 cent bottle deposit. Maryland eased bird protections while North Dakota passed a joke on women jockeys, and Massachusetts cut a costly ceremonial gun salute.
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North Carolina
General Assembly
Henry Bushamer
Georgia
Ward Edwards
Edwards
Sidney Marcus
Nebraska
Lake Superior
Hawaii
Honolulu
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Senate
South Carolina
New York State
New York
University of South Carolina
New York City
Massachusetts
New Orleans
Joseph M. Ambrose
Boston
P. C. Collins Jr
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Louis Murray