10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2019

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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San Antonio Endangered Species Texas Austin 124

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

As a result, the bird has a long history with the Endangered Species Act. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that the coastal subspecies was actually a subspecies. What was once sage scrub is now suburbs and highways. Initially identified as a candidate for listing in 1982, it was ultimately listed as “threatened” in 1993.

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California District of Columbia Los Angeles San Diego 181

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Every year, $900 million in royalties paid by energy companies drilling for oil and gas on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) are put into this fund. Ongoing priorities include inholdings in Grand Teton National Park where LWCF funding has forestalled potential sale and development of critical lands in the very heart of the park.

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Legislation Montana America Wyoming 173

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2008

They are also endangered by a loss of habitat, as energy companies encroach on more and more of their territory for oil and gas operations. Sarah Palin of Alaska—that the Fish and Wildlife Service should not list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act because science doesn’t support doing so—doesn’t persuade.

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New York Times Polar Bears New York Bears 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

My fiance and I drove nearly two hours to the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in rural Indiana to watch them come in for the evening. This time, the Birding Rally’s participants were birding tour companies. But by far the best was witnessing the autumn migration of Sandhill Cranes.

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2013 Birds Costa Rica India 167

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

About a month before departure my clients asked me if we were going to the same sites in Ghana as the offerings of another, rather upmarket, birding tour company. The rare Rufous Fishing Owl was one of the many species seen by the group here.

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Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 192