10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2012

One of the admirable things about Montana is how it contains prime examples of not one, but two iconic North American landscapes. But eastern Montana contains the equally though differently stunning high plains, a world unto itself with very different wildlife meeting very different challenges.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2019

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 Lee Metcalf NWR (Montana): 178,000; $4.5 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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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2018

The argument is straightforward: birders (and others, including hunters) buy stamps and the federal government turns around and obtains important bird habitat. Bear River MBR (Utah): 36.9%. Lee Metcalf NWR (Montana): 96.3%. In June, the 2018-2019 Federal Duck Stamp was released. Aransas NWR (Texas): 42.7%. Billy Frank Jr.

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