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DDT, oil spills, and a wall.

10,000 Birds

My first ‘protest’ memory involved putting pencil to notebook paper and writing the President about the harmful effects of DDT. Terrestrial animals could drown; will not be able to access the necessary ranges; be trapped; suffer diminished genetic diversity; and possibly become extirpated and/or extinct. 27, August 2018, Vol.

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The Splendor of Birds and National Geographic: a Book Review

10,000 Birds

The celebration was occasioned by 2018 being the centennial of the passage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act , a seminal environmental law. (Fun It takes into its lens context and surroundings and makes them as important as the central bird (or other animal) subject.

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