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

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We need to be wary of politicians like Republican Utah State Representative Ken Ivory who is also co-founder of an organization called the American Lands Council , created to advocate and lobby for the transfer of federal lands to states. Ken Ivory is not the only politician trying to advance this agenda.

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Australia’s extinct and threatened bird species

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The environment is rarely very high on any government’s agenda when they are planning for the future, but with the help of awareness from the general public that we do all care about our wild life we can hope for change in the future. … Extinction is forever. It is depressing and angering and just wrong.

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

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Also, with the opening of more hunting seasons i am hopefull that more concerned sportsmen will start an organization along the same grain as Ducks Unlimited to protect and create Sandhill habitat. That is one year for one organization. If there is no organized effort against said poachers what else could be done?

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