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A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

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Treaties trump state laws. He has done an enormous amount of research, carefully documented the text, and produced a bibliography 13 pages long. The MBT and the MBTA were hard-won victories of years of lobbying by concerned naturalists and ornithologists, newly formed Audubon organizations, and a few members of the U.S.

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Bird Litigation: Wind Turbine Near Ottawa NWR

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The explanation begins with looking carefully at a legal document, which can be more interesting than it sounds. Note that this is a document drafted by the plaintiffs (ABC and BSBO): it is designed to state the case factually but persuasively. miles from Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge” in an “area of documented bird concentration.”

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RATS, Raptors, and Reckitt Benckiser

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By the early 1980s, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was aware that poison control centers were reporting 12,000 to 15,000 calls annually regarding children under the age of 6 ingesting rat poison, and rodenticides were documented as causing large numbers of secondary poisoning in wildlife. What to do?

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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In 2007 I was working in a university building that was just begging for bird feeders. He describes the change model he was using as follows: From my orientation, background, and bias, scholarly work must come first to document and establish a need for change. It’s not a bad idea.

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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding – A Book Review

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I do need to note that a rare error crops up here–LISTSERV is not a generic electronic bulletin board, it is a propriety product owned by a company and the use of the term is protected by trademark law. ” (basic points, like bird names, plumage differences); “After the Spark” (birdsong and migration); “Now What?”

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It's Back! The Horror of Horse Slaughter in DeKalb

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On May 24, Governor Rod Blagojevich signed the bill into law. Less than 24 hours later, Cavel was back—this time in court seeking an injunction to prevent the new law from taking effect on the grounds that it interferes with international commerce. Then, on July 5, 2007, U.S. A dagger straight to the heart of Cavel.