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Streams

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along the stream and around the pond.

• Learn about native plants and use them where appropriate. Avoid introducing invasive non-native species in your riparian zone, such as Autumn Olive, Japanese honeysuckle. Crown Vetch, Ailanthus (Tree of Heaven) and fescue grass species.

(The Virginia State Department of Conservation and Recreation provides helpful lists of native plants and their uses, at http://www.dcr. tate. va.us/dnh/natvripa.htm).

• Restore eroded stream banks with help from a professional;

• Leave wood and other natural materials in the stream.

• Don’t straighten channels or place rubble or rip-rap on

Bear

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noticed the damage but thought the Brutons were working on something.

When the Brutons asked the Grigsbys about the damage, they all re-examined the damage.

They agreed that it was a bear because they saw the paw prints on the side of the cottage. The bear, however, was never actually seen.

The Brutons believe that the bear may have been looking for ants since bears like to eat ants, they said. The only evidence left behind was the paw print of the bear on the side of

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