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Category: Disambiguation The Fox Islands are a group of islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands of the U.S. state of Alaska. ... Summer of 1909, by Frank W. Benson; painted at North Haven, ME North Haven is a year-round island community and summer colony located in Penobscot Bay, Maine, United States. ... Vinalhaven is a town located in the Fox Islands in Knox County, Maine. ... The Fox Islands consist of the North Fox and South Fox islands, in Lake Michigan. ... Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one in the group located entirely within the United States. ... Fox Island is a census-designated place located in Pierce County, Washington. ... The Guano Islands Act was federal legislation passed by the U.S. Congress on August 18, 1856 enabling citizens of the U.S. to take possession of islands containing guano deposits. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

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Island Fox (1190 words)
	From trapping efforts it appeared that the foxes located on the west end of the island (separated from the rest of the island by a narrow isthmus) had not been infected with the disease and were still present in good numbers.
	Because of the catastrophic decline of foxes on the eastern 80% of Santa Catalina Island due to the canine distemper virus, this portion of the island is augmented with foxes from the west end of the island where foxes were not exposed to the disease.
	The purpose of the facility is to produce foxes that can be released onto the eastern 80% of the island were the fox population was devastated by canine distemper virus.

Island Fox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1782 words)
	The Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis) is a small fox that is native to six of the eight Channel Islands of California.
	Four Island Fox subspecies were federally protected as an endangered species in 2004, and efforts to rebuild fox populations and restore the ecosystems of the Channel Islands are being undertaken.
	Island Foxes are not intimidated by humans, as they have historically been at the top of the island food chain and had no natural predators.

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