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Proposed Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act – Part II

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During that time period approximately $105 million in fines and penalties were collected, mostly from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Obama Administration formally adopted the strict liability interpretation in a memo. The Trump Administration appealed that ruling to the U.S.

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Proposed Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act

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During that time period approximately $105 million in fines and penalties were collected, mostly from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Obama Administration adopted this interpretation in a memo. The image at the top (via Wikipedia ) is a U.S. stamp issued in 1966 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the MBTA.

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Paws UP for Union Township Animal Shelter

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Rock & Rawhide , a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that aims to increase adoptions for dogs and cats in shelters by providing toys and other items that serve as a form of distraction therapy, reducing the stress and noise levels. Research has shown that if noise and stress are reduced, adoptions go up!

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Is fostering the answer? We think it is.

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NEW JERSEY – Animal shelters are full, they have no space, they often have no money, and they have a small amount of dedicated volunteers. Maybe it’s because they assume that a shelter animal is “broken”, or that they think they would never be able to give the animal up to an adopter, it would break their heart.

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Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America: A Review by a Sparrow Fan

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It will be interesting to see if the proposal is adopted and this guide becomes the first to employ the new official usage, or if it sparks other bird guide authors to revolt against the system. Rick Wright agrees. Personally, I find the lack of an apostrophe-s easy to adapt to in writing, but strange when I say it out loud.

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Birding By Impression: A Book Review

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Experienced birders can identify birds using GISS; all birders can identify birds if they adopt the BBI approach. It is not a handbook, though it approaches species from a collective viewpoint. Both are birders first and foremost, both are known in the New Jersey birding community as mentors, and it shows. So say Kevin T.

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