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A Birder’s Guide to U.S. Federal Public Lands

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In fact, the overwhelming majority of federal land is in just 11 western states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). Several endangered species are (or have been) highly dependent on specific tracts of federal land.

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The Golden-cheeked Warbler and Conservation Banks

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One way developers are navigating the warbler’s endangered status is by utilizing conservation banks. First, some background regarding the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the listing of the Golden-cheeked Warbler is required. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered.”

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Forgotten Prairies

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Here in Colorado many species are affected, but perhaps none more than our beautiful Mountain Plovers and Ferruginous Hawks. The link above will elaborate that our federal government turned down the option to include this species on the Endangered Species Act a few years ago.

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Kaufman Field Guide to Nature of New England: A Field Guide Review by an Aspiring Naturalist

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I have been a fan of the Kaufman Guides since I bought the Field Guide to Butterflies of North America , for a birds and butterflies trip to Colorado. The Kaufman Field Guide to Nature of New England is the latest addition to the series published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (originally called Focus Guides, the name was changed in 2005).

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

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Professor Marc Bekoff at the University of Colorado advances the even more progressive idea of “compassionate conservation.” Wilderness Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air and Water Acts, and similar acts in Canada.

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Bird Litigation: Sonoran Desert Bald Eagle

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Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently decided that the Sonoran Desert population of Bald Eagle is not a listable taxon under the Endangered Species Act. What does that mean? ” CBD has been litigating this issue with a some success for a decade: it won preliminary victories in 2008 and 2011.