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The Passenger Pigeon & A Message From Martha: One Pigeon, Two Book Reviews

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Written by Mark Avery, Conservation Director for the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) for nearly 13 years, this book explores the reasons for the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon from the point of view of the outsider. Or the destruction of the forests, food source and breeding grounds. Nature can be complicated.

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Bird Litigation: Sonoran Desert Bald Eagle

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The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (“ESA”) protects species of plants and animals threatened with extinction by listing them as either “endangered” or “threatened,” which in turn confers certain legal protections. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump.). What does that mean? The opinions: Ctr. Zinke , 2017 868 F.3d

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Endangered Species Act: Delisting the Black-capped Vireo?

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and it breeds in the scrublands of Texas, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico. If your perception is tinted by politics, note that FWS proposed delisting during the Obama Administration, not the Trump Administration.). Moreover, management to control parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbird has improved vireo breeding success.