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OCTOBER 10, 2023

Duck Stamp funds also allow FWS to expand the National Wildlife Refuge System. Willapa NWR (Washington): $1,255,248 to acquire 239 acres. Moreover, once the land is protected, it is habitat that is permanently saved for the benefit of birds and other wildlife. Clarks River NWR (Kentucky): $6,621,000 to acquire 2,482 acres.

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JULY 10, 2018

I am something of an aficionado of National Wildlife Refuges. The new features are called “ Explore a National Wildlife Refuge ,” and they can be found in the “explore” tab under the “explore a region” sub-tab. As an example, we can use a refuge near me: Ridgefield NWR in Washington. I am also a dutiful eBirder.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Most of the estuaries of Puget Sound in Washington State have been developed, but one of the few that remain is the Nisqually River Delta, which was protected as a National Wildlife Refuge in 1974. Although it is a two-hour drive from Portland, I recently visited Nisqually NWR, which is located near Olympia, Washington.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2009

More than 100 employees at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife could lose their jobs. Fish and Wildlife managers will tell employees this week that their jobs may be eliminated to meet an expected multi-million-dollar budget shortfall. I expect we'll see this in a lot of other agencies as well.

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AUGUST 29, 2011

Before my trip to Washington the only species of puffin I had ever seen in the wild was the puffin of the Atlantic Ocean, the appropriately named Atlantic Puffin. Having flown to Washington State on a family vacation the first obstacle was easily out of the way, which you knew already if you ever read this blog. I love puffins.

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JULY 14, 2020

I recently drove from my home in Portland to Conboy Lake NWR in southern Washington for a birding day-trip. Adams, the refuge is one of the few breeding locations for Sandhill Cranes in Washington. Fish and Wildlife Service cannot effectively restore the lake or other natural hydrology.

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AUGUST 14, 2018

Not long ago, I posted a list of the 25 best National Wildlife Refuges for birding. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has published a list of NWRs that have been created or expanded with Duck Stamp funds. Nisqually NWR (Washington): 56.3%. And the U.S. Aransas NWR (Texas): 42.7%. Bear River MBR (Utah): 36.9%. Billy Frank Jr.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 25, 2009

This man is a meat-cutter from our home state of Washington. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says Wednesday that William A. Page, a meat cutter from Curlew, was sentenced to a year jail in Ferry County Superior Court after being convicted on six counts of unlawful trafficking in wildlife.

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MARCH 16, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Asides / Bird Deaths in Washington D.C. Lead to Calls for a Lights Out Program Bird Deaths in Washington D.C. that is dedicated to conserving wildlife in the U.S. for migratory birds. for migratory birds.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Nisqually Wildlife Refuge. This wonderful piece of birding real estate can be found 8 miles east of Olympia, and an hour’s drive south of Seattle Washington, right along the I-5 corridor. This is not to say that there wasn’t a little birding time snuck in here and there.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

Colusa National Wildlife Refuge is part of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex in California’s Central Valley. This complex consists of five national wildlife refuges (NWR) and three wildlife management areas (WMA) that comprise over 35,000 acres of wetlands and uplands. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYPyMs3_v88

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MARCH 8, 2022

Several birding trips resulted in posts, including Santa Ana NWR (Texas), Nisqually NWR (Washington), Hagerman NWR (Texas), Conboy Lake NWR (Washington), and Horicon NWR (Wisconsin). The post entitled “ Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding ” is likely second.

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

There are several states with 100-199 species: North Carolina (172, unchanged), Washington (171, up from 144), Michigan (159, unchanged), Virginia (147, up from 122), North Dakota (141, unchanged), Idaho (129, up from 57); New Mexico (112, unchanged); Massachusetts (110, up from 81); Colorado (106, unchanged), and Pennsylvania (109, up from 102).

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10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2020

The travels in his most recent book Natural Encounters: Biking, Hiking, and Birding Through the Seasons are more limited — to the eastern part of the United States, mostly Washington, D.C. and environs, where he lives and works, and where access to nature is, he shows, surprisingly easy. In addition to his D.C.

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MARCH 8, 2022

Several birding trips resulted in posts, including Santa Ana NWR (Texas), Nisqually NWR (Washington), Hagerman NWR (Texas), Conboy Lake NWR (Washington), and Horicon NWR (Wisconsin). The post entitled “ Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding ” is likely second.

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JULY 9, 2019

Other than a sweeping public lands package in 2019 , there has been little or no progress on the environment or wildlife protection. million from the MBCF to conserve 2,259 acres in two NWRs, including Turnbull NWR in Washington. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters ; Geese at Edwin B. It also approved $9.8

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The end of this rather long road trip finds us here in Puyallup, Washington which is just south of Seattle. We pulled into the RV park next to the Washington State Fairgrounds on Saturday afternoon, and it promptly started snowing! It seems like the farther the north we go, the colder, and wetter, and a whole lot snowier it gets!

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JULY 24, 2020

It is expected to be signed by President Trump, which would be a rare bipartisan conservation achievement in a bitterly divided Washington D.C. Congress has overwhelmingly passed (310-107 in the House and 73-25 in the Senate) the Great American Outdoors Act. What is the LWCF and why does it matter to birders?

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JANUARY 6, 2021

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

A checklist from Rock Creek Park in Washington D.C. The places I expected ( Pillar Point Harbor in California and Ridgefield NWR in Washington) are right at the top of the list, but even places I thought I’d been to countless times have modest numbers. was good for 11 lifers. Our honeymoon in the U.S Virgin Islands ( St. John and St.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

Desi chased these bunny rabbits in the West Hylebos Wetlands Park in the town of Federal Way, Washington, the same place we saw our first ever Banana Slug. With both Banana Slugs and bunnies this park was seriously awesome. But I digress.

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JULY 17, 2011

As you’ll remember, Kentucky’s Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources unanimously passed its sandhill crane hunting proposal. Fish and Wildlife Service for final approval or denial. How can that be worth doing for wildlife departments looking to cultivate support from nonconsumptive wildlife observers and enthusiasts?

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Engineers, airport managers, and wildlife authorities have devised a number of strategies. But studies are underway, and Sea-Tac airport in Washington state reports progress in refining its avian radar system, with hopes for a full rollout next year. Sometimes, the impact—literally and figuratively—is much, much more serious.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

I knew the wildlife. I have a book about injured wildlife coming out soon, and I couldn’t buy better publicity.”. The states which have essentially banned leghold traps are Florida, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, California, and Washington. The trap had been set in the woods right next to my house.

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MAY 21, 2011

As part of my effort to keep concerned wildlife enthusiasts informed about the proposal to hunt Eastern Flyway sandhill cranes, it is my duty to tell you that there’s another vote coming up. of Fish and Wildlife Resources—who will get together on June 3, 2011, to vote on whether to open season on Sandhill Cranes in Kentucky.

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MARCH 26, 2014

In 1975 there were less than 35 of these birds remaining on the planet prompting the creation of the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge. One of the few Spring festivals is being held in Othello, Washington this coming weekend, March 28th through the 30th. I’m looking forward to that!

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Here's the whole story from the Washington Post National. Washington wildlife officials say eight sea lions have been found dead in the Puget Sound region in recent weeks — all apparently shot. I don't know whether these are disgruntled fishermen or regular jerks.

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JUNE 11, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently proposed reintroducing California Condors in the Pacific Northwest. In 1806, Lewis and Clark saw condors near the Columbia River, which makes up much of the Washington-Oregon border.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

The addition of Hawaii eliminated any notion that the ABA Area is defined by geography or ecology and the inclusion of the territories of Washington D.C. Both territories are part of the United States and the residents are American citizens, which appears to be the key criteria for inclusion.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

After those five, there are relative handful with over 100 species: North Carolina (172), Michigan (159), Arizona (155), Washington (144), North Dakota (141!), out of 51, including Washington, D.C.), California (297) is next, followed by Florida (227), Oregon (209), and New Jersey (199).

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Critter News

JANUARY 15, 2010

So, it's not just rednecks in Washington State who are doing this. Tags: wildlife trafficking gall bladders bears. From the Seattle P-I: A Japanese psychiatrist with a home in Seattle is facing poaching and gun-possession charges following allegations that he poached several black bears and tried to smuggle gallbladders back to Japan.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

During the weekend that I was there, it was announced that there were over 1300 fires burning just within the state of Oregon, not to mention California, Washington, Montana and British Columbia, Canada. It was to latter area that I was traveling. The smoke that had settled everywhere within the state was incredible.

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JUNE 13, 2017

The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) recently filed a lawsuit against the federal government arguing that a planned wind turbine near the famed birding hotspot of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge is illegal. The lawsuit was filed in federal district court in Washington, D.C.

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MARCH 13, 2018

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) generally creates a formal plan to guide recovery efforts. Fish & Wildlife Serv., Fish & Wildlife Serv. Photos: Spotted Owl by USFWS Endangered Species ; Table Rock Wilderness, Oregon by BLM Oregon and Washington. For species listed under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S.

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Critter News

JANUARY 4, 2012

Federal wildlife managers are fighting in court to take the unprecedented step of castrating 200 wild stallions in Nevada, in an effort to control surging populations of wild horses across the West. In response, the agency agreed to postpone the castration until a federal court in Washington, D.C., Read the whole story here.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Putting aside his scandalous fundraising travel on the taxpayer’s dime , back in September he recommended that President Trump modify ten national monuments created by his immediate predecessors, including shrinking the boundaries of at least four western sites, according to a copy of the report obtained by The Washington Post.

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JANUARY 25, 2010

Tags: elk wildlife crime State of Washington poaching national parks.

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