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Western Snowy Plover

10,000 Birds

You see, up to this point, let’s say 1972, perhaps 1973, I had never really been exposed to a “Threatened, or Endangered” species of any kind. The State of Oregon, in 1975 listed the bird as Threatened, and the Oregon Fish and Wildlife reaffirmed that status in 1989 under the Oregon Endangered Species Act.

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Mating and Feeding Behavior of the Northern Shoveler

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They are one of my favorite ducks to watch and some of the best places to observe their behavior is on our National Wildlife Refuges. If you are a wildlife photographer, many of our refuges have photo blinds that can be reserved to capture wildlife undisturbed in their natural habitats. state and territory, infusing nearly $1.74

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Why Palin?

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For me, I've been deluged for months by Defenders of Wildlife material about Alaska's heartless treatment of wolves. If McCain gets elected, then I can see the future of the Endangered Species Act, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Agriculture, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, etc. And brutal.

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