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The Duck Stamp and Lack of National Wildlife Refuge Funding

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The National Wildlife Refuge system is one of America’s greatest treasures. It preserves habitat, protects wildlife. In Fiscal Year 2011: 46.5 Funds for National Wildlife Refuge land acquisition come from several sources. In 2011 that number has decreased to 1.5 million people visited refuges.

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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. President Obama has added 10 new refuges in his first term.

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Galveston FeatherFest 2011

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Asides / Galveston FeatherFest 2011 Galveston FeatherFest 2011 By Mike • March 16, 2011 • No comments yet Tweet Share Texas has been on my mind quite a bit lately, as has spring migration. Wicked, right?

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White-faced Ibis at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

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I spotted a Eurasian Wigeon amongst the American Wigeon right out of the gate, but that wasn’t the best sighting of the day. 6 Responses to “White-faced Ibis at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge&# Birding is Fun! Mar 2nd, 2011 at 3:03 pm What a fortuitous stop Larry! Dawn Fine Mar 4th, 2011 at 8:31 pm Nice shots Larry!

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The Duck Stamp and The Wildlife Conservation Stamp Living in Symbiosis?

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The Mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System is to administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of the fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans 1.

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Review: Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil – The.

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And it looks even better in my hands while I dream about a visit to regions of Brazil I had scarcely heard of before being provided with a review copy of the first volume of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil.* Each family of birds has a short introductory paragraph and most genera get a sentence or two of description.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of March 2011)

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Corey encountered a bunch of winners, but 24 Common Redpolls at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, in almost the exact same spot he saw them a couple of years ago, feeding on birch inflorescence by the East Pond, were easily his best birds of the weekend. Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of March 2011? No time to take a picture.

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