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Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding

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Bear River MBR (Utah). Nisqually NWR (Washington). Anahuac NWR (Texas). Aransas NWR (Texas). Billy Frank Jr. Bombay Hook NWR (Delaware). Bosque del Apache NWR (New Mexico). Chinteague NWR (Virginia). Desert NWR (Nevada). Forsythe NWR (New Jersey).

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The Best Birding Locations in the United States (according to ChatGPT)

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Here they are, listed in no particular order: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (New Mexico) Magee Marsh Wildlife Area/Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge (Ohio) Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge (Texas) Everglades National Park (Florida) Point Reyes National Seashore (California) Cape May National Wildlife Refuge (New Jersey) Santa Ana National (..)

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10,000 Birds goes eBirding

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After those five, there are relative handful with over 100 species: North Carolina (172), Michigan (159), Arizona (155), Washington (144), North Dakota (141!), out of 51, including Washington, D.C.), California (297) is next, followed by Florida (227), Oregon (209), and New Jersey (199). Even the nation’s capital has been ignored.

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

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Bear River MBR (Utah): 158,000 visits generating $4.1 Nisqually NWR (Washington): 289,000; $15.1 The links are to separate reports regarding individual NWRs that were included in the larger study. The individual reports provide additional information and more detailed breakdowns of the numbers. Billy Frank Jr. million; 63 jobs.

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Donald Trump And His Cabinet Are Destroying Our Environment

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Putting aside his scandalous fundraising travel on the taxpayer’s dime , back in September he recommended that President Trump modify ten national monuments created by his immediate predecessors, including shrinking the boundaries of at least four western sites, according to a copy of the report obtained by The Washington Post.

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Duck Stamps and the Best National Wildlife Refuges for Birding

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Bear River MBR (Utah): 36.9%. Nisqually NWR (Washington): 56.3%. Unsolicited suggestion to the American Birding Association : If there was a ABA membership level that was $30 more, but included the ABA automatically sending me a Duck Stamp that year, I would choose that level of membership, and it would be an easy choice.

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