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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan

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Instead, the entry asks us to “Please bear with us while this update takes place” A few months ago, I wrote an email to my bank asking them a specific question. The White-rumped Shama is a South Asia species – consequently, the HBW mostly discusses its introduced population in Hawaii.

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

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Unlike most of the other units in the study, however, most visits were from hunters.). Bear River MBR (Utah): 158,000 visits generating $4.1 Kilauea Point NWR (Hawaii): 1,148,000; $34.3 Despite its relatively inaccessibility, Rainwater Basin WMD had more than 53,000 visits, which generated $2.2 million in activity and 19 jobs.

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Duck Stamps and the Best National Wildlife Refuges for Birding

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The argument is straightforward: birders (and others, including hunters) buy stamps and the federal government turns around and obtains important bird habitat. For example, Kilauea Point NWR in Hawaii was created in 1985 with land transferred from the U.S. Bear River MBR (Utah): 36.9%. Kilauea Point NWR (Hawaii): 0.0%.

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