The National Wildlife Refuge System: Birders Leading the Way
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2016
The vast majority of this area (about 85%) is in Alaska. Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. Farallon NWR , a group of islands near San Francisco, hosts the largest colonies of breeding seabirds south of Alaska. These protected areas are not merely convenient, they are essential.
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