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We are Just Money Grubbers

10,000 Birds

The Lesser White-fronted Goose is not only rare in Serbia, but also overlooked among numerous Greater White-fronted Geese. The decrease in numbers has been accompanied by fragmentation of the breeding range and is continuing to affect all populations. Disturbance on breeding grounds (e.g. Common Pochard Aythya ferina.

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Alaska Day: Birds and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

10,000 Birds

Alaska Day commemorates Alaska’s formal transfer from Russia to the United States in 1867. Among these lands are some of the most productive avian breeding grounds in the United States. By protecting 25 free-flowing Alaskan rivers in their natural state, we are almost doubling the size of our Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

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