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Wolf Killng Begins in Alaska

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The Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game hopes to kill up to 328 wolves in order to protect caribou calves. Tags: wolves. The LA Times Greenspace blog has the story.

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Animal Legal Defense Fund Ranks States on Animal Protection

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The ALDF has released a report on how different states' animal protection laws stack up. Tags: animal law. Among the best: California, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Oregon.

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Bush Earns Some Praise for Ocean Protection

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When you add the roughly 335,000 square-mile-area in the Pacific that is now protected from virtually all fishing to the nearly 700,000 square miles he closed to bottom trawling, the most destructive kind of fishing gear, this president has given future generations an ocean gift nearly the size of Texas and Alaska combined.

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Palin Now Going After Endangered Whales

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At issue is the population of {the Cook Inlet beluga) whales, which were put under the protections of the Marine Mammal Protection Act eight years ago, which scientists argue hasn't sped their recovery: Palin begs to differ. For this reason, the state of Alaska contends that additional regulation is unnecessary.

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Carnival of the Blue XLV

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These Blasts From The Past 2 Book Giveaway Given Away Least Terns Doing Well in Oklahoma Honduras Trip Winner Has Blogged His Trip Should Subsistence Bird Hunters in Alaska Buy Duck Stamps? Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! The proposal from U.S.

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Bufflehead in Flight

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They breed across Canada and Alaska’s boreal forest near ponds and lakes, using nest holes made by woodpeckers, almost exclusively flickers. … Tags: diving ducks , ducks , flight • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Bufflehead are the smallest of North America’s diving ducks. Get yours today!

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

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I was especially interested in “To Hide From God,” the chapter on songbird slaughter and protection in Cyprus. What evolutionary forces have shaped their bodies for travel, what forces will be helping and hindering their journeys, and which scientists will be tagging, observing, and analyzing them as they make their way north?

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