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Beljarica Backwaters: Some good news announced (but not yet official)

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Yet, the environmental problems are pulling people together, uniting the people with very different political views with the simplest of all agendas: “We want to breathe clean air, we want clean tap water.” It is a spacious floodplain between the River Danube and the levee, 2.1 mi at its widest point and some 9 km2 / 3.5

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Teaching Ornithology in High Schools

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High school graduates would not only know birds, but would also be more aware of the native plants, insects, fish, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians that inhabit the woodlots, grassy fields, sea cliffs, and other habitats around their homes. But his class was only one of two in the U.S., Think about it for a minute.

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Back from the West!

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And, let me tell you, it was an amazing trip with gorgeous scenery, lots of cool mammals, and, of course, a whole big bunch of birds! Our time there was easily my favorite of the trip what with the breathtaking landscapes, amazing mammals, and our first ever geysers.

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