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Why I write for 10,000 Birds

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Unfortunately, when you cut down pine-oak forest, and siphon off a good portion of our precious water resources, you create the perfect conditions for avocado production. In June of last year, CNN ran an article on Costa Rica’s success at reversing deforestation. The state is, after all, Mexico’s fourth-poorest state.

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Recent Events Involving Our Public Lands Are Alarming

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According to a New York Times article : In a monthlong trial here, the defendants never denied that they had occupied and held the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters for nearly six weeks, demanding that the federal government surrender the 188,000-acre property to local control. Are you kidding me?

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Hornbills of Sabah

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In fact, a recent article in the Economist on Singapore’s rewilding states “The oriental pied hornbill (pictured), with its extraordinary ivory casque, had been locally extinct for a century. This behavior is likely to reduce resource competition by exploiting fruit that is too large for smaller frugivores.

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The Struggle to Save the Birds of Honduras

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A Spanish version of the following article appeared in the 9/4/11 edition of the Honduran publication, La Tribuna. The very least that one could do is opt to have only one child, which will minimize the pressures and demands on the natural resource base. In some parts of the country it is already illegal to have slingshots.

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Will Environmental Laws Prevent a Wall Through Santa Ana NWR?

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More than 20 years ago, Congress passed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA). All challenges in court have been unsuccessful and current and/or future challenges face daunting odds. # # #. The more comprehensive answer requires background. The cases are listed below.) Two appeals to the U.S.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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I suspect they also want to prove the superiority of their favorite park (which they emphasize is a natural park, not a designed one like Central and Prospect), and perhaps lay the groundwork for more resources and attract more birders. This is a project that clearly spanned decades. It’s a very mixed chapter.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

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I returned home with very mixed feelings, which have spurred this article. According to the World Bank, up to 80 percent of Ghana’s forests had been destroyed by illegal logging by 2008. An illegal hunter in Atewa Range Forest Reserve with his catch, a Tree Pangolin destined for the bushmeat market.

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