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The Wildlife Conservation Stamp: An Additional Income Stream for Our National Wildlife Refuges

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Proposal: Creation of a Federal Wildlife Conservation Stamp A birder, wildlife watcher, photographer and non-hunter version of the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (aka Federal Duck Stamp). She says, “there’s just a cultural bias against anything related to hunting.”

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. We can fight them back in Kentucky, too. Kentucky Dept. I overlooked the date.

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The Top-5 Birding Hotspots of Serbia

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I chalked up 132 species in a pretty relaxed eight days, during which birds shared the agenda with culture. 2 Baranda fish farm. The fish farm complex that lies about 30 km north from Belgrade, stretching between the villages Baranda and Sakule, is known as the Baranda fish farm. eBird bar chart. #2

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Have There Been Any Positive Aspects of the Malheur NWR Occupation?

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Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and freeing the seventeen refuge employees to go back to work. Incidents like this one, led by far-right militant, anti-government extremists, should be a concern of all Americans, especially birders, hunters, environmentalists, conservationists, and anyone else concerned with keeping public lands public.

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