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JANUARY 7, 2020

And, though I think you can argue that the Bronx Zoo, with its numerous buildings and landscaped wildlife areas is not purely ‘natural space,’ I have wonderful memories of traipsing through its wooded areas when I was a girl. (I I didn’t grow up in the Bronx, but my best friend did.).

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MARCH 27, 2020

Faithful 10,000 Birds readers will remember Suzie as our wildlife rehabilitation beat writer. Trying to stop her is her furious husband and the authorities, and helping her is a smitten tech guy and an underground railroad of fellow wildlife rescuers. It’s a funny, suspenseful road trip with lots of wildlife. And birders!

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

When the news broke about a possible border wall through Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge in Texas, I decided to make plans to visit before it got bisected by a concrete barrier. After all, each refuge has been set aside to permanently protect birds and other wildlife. Indeed, The U.S. Indeed, The U.S. A key part of Donald J.

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JANUARY 9, 2018

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (“ESA”) protects species of plants and animals threatened with extinction by listing them as either “endangered” or “threatened,” which in turn confers certain legal protections. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”), the agency that implements ESA as to birds. Zinke , 2017 868 F.3d

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APRIL 11, 2017

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is considering changing the status of the endangered Black-capped Vireo : it has proposed delisting it entirely. And the expansion of prescribed fire as a wildlife management tool has improved and maintained breeding habitat. The Black-capped Vireo is the smallest vireo in the U.S.

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JANUARY 1, 2019

There is a small resident population in Polk County, Florida, in the middle of the peninsula, mostly on protected land, and once in a while they show up in a place where they can be easily observed. So, I was excited to read reports in late 2017 of a pair of Whooping Cranes being seen on a cattle farm. An eBird mystery.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

As of January 2017, Ducks Unlimited has conserved 13,902,792 acres in North America, including 5,509,855 in the United States.* Crossley Books, 2017. . “The numbers don’t lie,” he told me. And, let’s face it, he is right. The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl. by Richard Crossley, Paul Baicich, & Jessie Barry.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

It began on Friday, February 17, 2017. Scott Pruitt was confirmed as the head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. This is the guy that’s suppose to protect our environment. Hatch (R-Utah) that he will shrink Bears Ears National Monument, a 1.35-million-acre

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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. In fiscal year 2017 , funds available to the MBCF totaled about $87 million. And the U.S.

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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. In fiscal year 2017 , funds available to the MBCF totaled about $87 million. On September 7, 2017 , the MBCC approved $21.9 Indeed, there has been considerable cause for alarm.

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