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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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The Refuge has also become a place where people can experience and learn about wildlife and the places they call home, whether through self-guided discovery or by participating in one of our many educational programs. Note in this 2010 video, birders, birdwatching and kayakers are mentioned, not hunters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk_5pt9OTLA.

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The Economic Impact of Birding on National Wildlife Refuges: Creating Local Jobs

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The economic impact of refuge visitation is broad: Recreational visitors pay for recreation through entrance fees, lodging near the refuge, and purchases from local businesses for items to pursue their recreational experience. Unlike most of the other units in the study, however, most visits were from hunters.). Billy Frank Jr.

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At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast: A Book Review

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This is the story of Fox’s experiences on board the Achiever, the research vessel of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. Though the coast of British Columbia, a part of the Great Bear Rainforest, was rich in both, it was appallingly deficient in scientific data. Northern Fulmar, image courtesy of Peter Hodum.

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