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The National Wildlife Refuge System: Birders Leading the Way

10,000 Birds

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and they are located in every state as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. For example, essentially the entire population of the endangered Whooping Crane winters at Aransas NWR in Texas. The reason is twofold, size and mission.

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