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To Drill, or Not to Drill? That’s the Wrong Question.

10,000 Birds

As we enter the second century of protecting, preserving, and respecting our wild spaces, certainly no one would actually consider undoing, reversing, and exploiting our national parks, forests, and monuments. In an area known for ‘the cleanest water in the world,’ 234,000 acres were sheltered from mining exploration…until now.

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Living in, on and around cactus

10,000 Birds

The basic requirements for survival, food, shelter and water never seem to be in surplus. Bear in mind, even the plants have to find ways to survive, so virtually every one of them has some form of thorny defense. The cactus are not the only things down here that are protected in this manner.

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