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New Jersey Bear Hunt to Continue as Planned

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6 to 11, is authorized under the state’s recently adopted Comprehensive Black Bear Management Policy (CBBMP). The facts are clear, we have an overpopulation of black bears in New Jersey, and we must address that issue," said Martin in a press statement. "A Tags: cull new jersey bears hunting. On Monday, Nov.

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Proposed Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act – Part II

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The Obama Administration formally adopted the strict liability interpretation in a memo. In August 2020 , a federal judge in New York held that the Administration’s interpretation of the MBTA was unlawful.

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Proposed Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act

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The Obama Administration adopted this interpretation in a memo. From 2010-2018, FWS opened about 60 enforcement actions per year, mostly relating to the electric distribution and transmission (30 actions/year) and oil and gas (15 actions/year) industries. The image at the top (via Wikipedia ) is a U.S.

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Beagles Rescued from Bankrupt Lab

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On Friday, the beagles — owned by a research facility in New Jersey whose parent pharmaceutical company went into bankruptcy — were released to the care of animal rescue groups that, after socializing them, hope to adopt them out as family pets. and Elmsford, N.Y.,

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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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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. These chapters differ in length and content, depending on the number of species in each group. A Physical Profile follows, outlining structural and behavioral features the birds within the group share and the exceptions.

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

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So we don’t get lost in the new re-arrangements, species covered in the book are listed in the Introduction in taxonomic sequence, grouped together by genus, accompanied by explanations of changes. So, there are separate descriptions for birds normally grouped in the Savannah Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, and Dark-eyed Junco complexes.