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Bird Litigation: Wind Turbine Near Ottawa NWR

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That sounds important (the ABC press release is here ), but what is the dispute really about and what happens next? Paragraphs 40-52 state that a turbine was initially proposed by the Air Force in 2007, at Camp Perry, a location just “0.1 A handful of endangered species have been observed at the refuge (or in the vicinity) as well.

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Former Virunga Park Officials In Prison

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Four senior Wildlife Officers have been arrested and imprisoned after the state Congolese Wildlife Agency (ICCN) pressed charges for complicity in the destruction of the protected forests of Virunga National Park in the east of DR Congo. Tags: wildlife crime virunga congo gorillas endangered species.

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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

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Cuban Black Hawk, split in 2007 from Common Black Hawk! Fernandina’s Flicker, a tongue-twisting alliterative name for one of the most endangered woodpeckers in the world! Press, 2000), and updated in terms of taxonomy, status, and distribution. Press in 2003. Cuba is on my mind. 26 endemics! Garrido, et al.,

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