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What’s in a Name: Attwater’s Prairie Chicken

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Henry Philemon Attwater was born in Brighton, England and spent his early adult years in Canada, but the state of Texas – which he first visited at 30 and made his permanent home at 35 – has embraced him. This last is particularly poignant, if not a bit eerie, for the modern conservationist.

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Peeps and Beer!

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It was with a mix and horror and skepticism that I first read about the unholy marriage of Peeps and beer recently perpetrated by Fort Worth brewers The Collective Brewing Project and their partners in this crime at Lone Star Taps & Caps. But its release party is tonight, if you’re in the Fort Worth area. “Fat free”?

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Plague of Summer’s End: An Ode to the Carolina Grasshopper

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The Carolina grasshopper Dissosteira carolina ranges from sea to shining sea, into Canada and nearly to the tip of Texas. Manigault, Clemson University Donated Collection, Bugwood.org a. Wherever they roam, they prefer weedy grasslands with areas of bare dirt where they can sun themselves. Thanks a lot, Internet. So, which birds?

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Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Southeastern North America and of Northeastern North America: A Review of Two Field Guides

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Moth plates from Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America (left plate) and Southeastern North America (two right plates). The Southeastern guide goes a bit more west, to eastern Oklahoma and Texas, so its northern borders lie at the north boundaries of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.

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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. Sometimes the easiest path is not the right one. The NAWMP National Stakeholder Survey should help inform this effort. Leave the duck stamp alone!

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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That’s right, the overwhelming benefits to the environment and the economy are generated by non-consumptive uses of the refuges like wildlife photography, environmental education, wildlife observation and interpretation, not hunting and fishing. Visitors are encouraged to wear hunter orange during hunting seasons for safety.

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Birds of Central America: A Field Guide Review

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Text is on the left, plates are on the right. A great collection like that at the AMNH gives one an opportunity to study species and species relationships in a way that watching birds in the field cannot. Images on the same plate are drawn to scale, and the scale percentage is indicated on the upper right-hand corner.

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