11.   The loss, combined with a prolonged midcontinental dry spell, sent breeding populations into a tailspin.

12.   There is one obstacle to creating a breeding population, however.

13.   Turkeys were trapped in various parts of the state and relocated to establish new breeding populations.

14.   Two confirmed sightings of lone wolves have been made in the Yellowstone region, but no breeding populations are known to live there.

15.   All shoreline Connecticut towns and some inland communities have been given either state money or larvicide to reduce breeding populations this spring and summer.