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The National Wildlife Refuge System: Birders Leading the Way

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The System also protects bison , bighorn sheep , panthers , elk , grizzly bears , manatees , and ocelots , among others. The System also helps implement the Endangered Species Act and other federal conservation laws. This is a mission that all birders can surely support. It’s not just for the birds.

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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl–A Book Review

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The fish owl is an endangered species, and before Slaght’s work, very little was known about it, especially in Russia. (It Here, Slaght presents his data analysis and his conservation plan for Blakiston’s Fish Owl. The fish owl is Jonathan Slaght’s grail and also, more prosaically, his dissertation topic.

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Birding under Clouds of Uncertainty: Santa Ana NWR

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Fish and wildlife Service has a legal mandate to manage national wildlife refuges for “the benefit of present and future generations of Americans.” Moreover, the river is dynamic and has changed its course over time, which presents engineering and construction challenges. Indeed, The U.S.

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