Passenger pigeons, bison, wolves, etc. Here is an interesting map of the historic and current grizzly bear ranges. https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/historica

Passenger pigeons, bison, wolves, etc. Here is an interesting map of the historic and current grizzly bear ranges. https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/historical-and-current-grizzly-bear-range-north-america https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/historical-and-current-gri... It is truly amazing how nearly completely we wiped the continent of wildlife. Many of our teams are named after the animals we wiped out. Florida Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, California Golden Bears, Michigan Wolverines, etc. > Whales as far as the eye could see all day long. The near extermination of whales along our shores changed geopolitics. One of the reasons why commodore perry "visited" japan was to open japanese ports to our whalers.