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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). Fish and Wildlife Service : The stylized blue goose logo of the FWS is well-known to birders, as FWS manages more than 575 national wildlife refuges.

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Parks and Public Lands Win at the Polls

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Denver, Colorado. Colorado mountains courtesy of MarekWk via Wikimedia Commons. Second, Amendment 2 required a two-thirds vote of each chamber of the state legislature to authorize the transfer, sale, or disposal of land under the control of the state agriculture or environmental protection departments.”. Red-breasted Merganser.

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Shutting Your Trap

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Not only did we convince the local head of PRH that DEC was horning in on his territory, we managed to drag the president of the nearby Fish and Game Club – who personally detested trapping – into the fray. But most of the time, that’s not the way it goes.

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Flying with Determination

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Lucky enough for me, living on the Front Range of Colorado , a few large lakes at the base of the foothills make attractive stop over points as lost birds find themselves using the mountains as a guide. Here it is feeding on some fish scraps that were floating on the surface of the lake water.

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The Golden-cheeked Warbler and Conservation Banks

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Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered.” The list of companies and other entities that have used BCCB suggest a mix of quarries ( e.g. , CEMEX Balcones Quarry), public utilities ( e.g. , Lower Colorado River Authority Transmission Services Company ), and the military ( e.g. , Camp Bullis ).

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Little Big Year – Week 34: We visit Colorado and Texas

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With Wyoming and South Dakota in our rear view mirror, we look toward Colorado, and a hot spot I have been anxious to visit. Trinidad Colorado is located just a few miles north of the Colorado – New Mexico border, and home to the Trinidad Reservoir. Guess I was just not holding my mouth right? eBird.org submissions – 294.

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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).