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The Reva Situation

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Driving slowly along the track towards the levee separating this area from the Danube backwaters, a largish marten-like animal once ran across the track. Then a famous local actress, Svetlana Bojkovic, visited the protesters when a loaded lorry arrived, so she took part in stopping it. Did he hear the citizens?

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The Splendor of Birds and National Geographic: a Book Review

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In the e-era now, print magazines are going the way of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Fun fact: only three species in the lower 48 states are not protected by that statute – the House Sparrow, Rock Pigeon, and Common Starling.). It’s what the book calls “street photography of the wild side,” as opposed to mere bird eye candy.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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Nearly 2,500 square miles of the wildest sections of the Omo Valley are protected in the almost contiguous Omo National Park on the river’s west bank (Ethiopia’s largest park) and Mago National Park on the east bank. However we had a much anticipated cultural highlight awaiting us, the celebrated Mursi people.

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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. Letters and emails by the thousand poured into the commissioners’ offices, protesting its crane hunting proposal. Kentucky Dept.

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