extirpation
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Last year, the Commission and the state Senate passed resolutions recognizing the centennial anniversary of the extirpation of the California grizzly, with the Senate declaring 2024 the “Year of the Grizzly.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
Where species collapse does not occur, “climate change may result in large-scale mortality and population extirpation due to maladaptation of populations.”
From Scientific American ● May 5, 2023
It’s either a survival technique to dodge humans or a sign that they are edging toward extirpation.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2021
The state’s first wolf plan was issued in 2005 before any wolves had come back to the state after decades of extirpation due to hunting and trapping.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2019
The long tap-root has a simple or many-headed rhizome; it is black externally, and is very difficult of extirpation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
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