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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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By Julie • March 14, 2011 • 18 comments Tweet Share ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?!

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The Wildlife Conservation Stamp: An Additional Income Stream for Our National Wildlife Refuges

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Many of these refuges and associated Conservation Areas, which have the potential to protect more than 1 million acres of vital wildlife habitat, have been forged through creative partnerships with sportsmen, conservation groups and private landowners. She says, “there’s just a cultural bias against anything related to hunting.”

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Australia’s extinct and threatened bird species

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Foxes have also been known to take their eggs and there are now numerous local groups who endeavour to help the populations of Hooded Plovers along their local coastlines. In 2011 they appeared all over Australia in much larger numbers than previously experienced and these unknown populations are always a pleasant surprise.

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