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Some of America?s Avian Treasures

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North America is home to many amazing bird species, including several which require a special effort to see and appreciate. Due to their beauty and warbling song, poachers trap these buntings in South Florida for an illegal local cagebird trade. Southeast Arizona Sky Island Spring Sampler. South Florida: Everglades & More.

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Will Environmental Laws Prevent a Wall Through Santa Ana NWR?

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One might assume that construction of a border wall through a sensitive national wildlife refuge would be prevented, or at least slowed, by a thicket of lawsuits under statutes such as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The more comprehensive answer requires background. Constitution. # # #.

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