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A Day in Anchorage

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Birders know why Alaska is known as The Last Frontier. But until this past month, I’d never been to Alaska. I’m not sure what I expected when I finally got a look at Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska. Because that’s what animals do in Alaska. Birding Destinations Alaska bears'

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Why Palin?

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Why has John McCain chosen Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, as a running mate? This may not seem like an animal issue, but it is. For me, I've been deluged for months by Defenders of Wildlife material about Alaska's heartless treatment of wolves. A big F-U to animals. Now, she's a Vice-Presidential candidate.

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Palin Now Going After Endangered Whales

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First wolves, then polar bears, now beluga whales. And those are just the endangered animals (remember the turkey being ground up during her tv interview?) For this reason, the state of Alaska contends that additional regulation is unnecessary. Tags: beluga whale Palin alaska endangered species.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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Holt also travels up to Utqiavik, Alaska every June, and has been for over 30 years, to study Snowy Owls and Brown Lemmings. Wolf Lichen is rich in toxic vulpinic acid and in the old days was boiled up with meat and used to poison wolves. Sprigs of Wolf Lichen spring from the Douglas firs, a gorgeous, almost iridescent lime green.

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Sarah Palin Scares Me

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When it comes to wildlife and the environment (to which I'll limit myself in this post) I think she will also have a strong motivation to continue and EXPAND her Alaska policies. Keep women in their place and remember to hunt and kill the wolves and any other animal that gets in their way.

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