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Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding

10,000 Birds

Others were established to protect specific bird species or subspecies. But they primary protect land, an essential but dwindling avian resource. Bear River MBR (Utah). Kilauea Point NWR (Hawaii). Klamath Basin NWR Complex (California and Oregon). Anahuac NWR (Texas). Aransas NWR (Texas). Billy Frank Jr.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

Animal Person

For only $450,000, we could buy almost all of the habitat neded to protect Ecuador's remaining frogs. And of course that premise is only possible because the animals (and everything else on the planet) are our "resources." But again, he's a conservationist, so none of this is a surprise.

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Duck Stamps and the Best National Wildlife Refuges for Birding

10,000 Birds

Of course, there are some with little or no land purchased with MBCF funds, including Harris Neck NWR in Georgia (0.0%), Desert NWR in Nevada (0.0%), and Kilauea Point NWR in Hawaii (0.0%). For example, Kilauea Point NWR in Hawaii was created in 1985 with land transferred from the U.S. Bear River MBR (Utah): 36.9%.

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