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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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FLAP is the Fatal Light Awareness Program, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and this is how they raise awareness. He collected the first data set, invented the experimental equipment, came up with the first conclusions, the theories and findings upon which subsequent studies have been based. It’s not a bad idea.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. Change in Law. It’s August, and first on the menu is: Fried Rehabber. Summer is high season.

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Little guy with big heart helping animals!

4 The Love Of Animals

Not only has he founded his own dog rescue in honor of his beloved poodle Buddy, but he contributed to and helped raise more than $1,000,000 for The Humane Society of the United States Animal Rescue Team on during The Humane Society’s To the Rescue! More than $1 million was raised from the To The Rescue!

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Greater Sage-grouse v. Wind Turbines in Oregon

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NEPA is a federal law that requires agencies to follow certain procedures before commencing a project. The conservation groups raised a number of arguments, but the court ruled against them and in favor of BLM in every instance. As a result, the entire project was subjected to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

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Britain’s Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland–A Book Review

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They can be found all over the book–some interspersed with resident and migratory species, some collected together in the back of the chapter, some in the last chapter on North American vagrant landbirds. The book’s organization of rare and vagrant birds is inconsistent and confusing. Is the bird pictured what the caption says it is?

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Proposed Changes to the Duck Stamp Not Well Received

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3) Action : Identify demographic information that is currently being collected by e-stamp states and additional information required for improving sales. 1) Action : Change law to allow the e-stamp to suffice as the requirement to hunt waterfowl for the duration of the hunting season. no physical stamp required).

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Champions of the Flyway – the Dakar Rally of Birding

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During this year’s competition, each team raised money for – and awareness of – the illegal trapping of migratory birds in Cyprus , a fitting cause for a race that celebrates the miracle of migration. However, this law has had little effect on curbing the illegal trapping. CHAMPIONS OF THE FLYWAY BY THE NUMBERS.

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