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DDT, oil spills, and a wall.

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The Weekly Reader had shocked everyone in class with news of Bald Eagles dying – and humans were to blame! Fast forward to the next decade and humans were at it again. Gila Woodpecker. Official Sierra Club Grassroots Network Campaign – social media actions. Borderlands Campaign – Sierra Club Facebook group for this issue.

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Who Wants To See a Greater Prairie Chicken?

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The human world is on the move to where the money is. Cut down the virgin forest and lose the Orangutans or Spotted Owls or Ivory-billed Woodpeckers. Help us get an important part of the funding required by visiting our Indiegogo Campaign. They are not working for people or wildlife. You can be a part of this.

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Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record: A Book Review

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Female Imperial Woodpecker in flight, Mexico, a still from recently found film made by William Rhein, p. Eskimo Curlew, Passenger Pigeon, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Bachman’s Warbler, Carolina Parakeet—these are names that echo mightily through birding histories and even some recent field guides. The photographs were never published.

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We are Just Money Grubbers

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It is threatened by habitat degradation as a result of the human exploitation of natural resources in the taiga and lower tundra regions of its breeding range, and by lake drainage for irrigation and hydroelectric power production (Armenia).” We, humans, seem to be quite hostile neighbours to other life forms around us.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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If you wrote to Tennessee in the 10,000 Birds campaign this winter, you can cut and paste your letter, changing “Tennessee&# to “Kentucky.&# By Julie • March 14, 2011 • 18 comments Tweet Share ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky.

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