The Economic Impact of Birding on National Wildlife Refuges: Creating Local Jobs
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AUGUST 13, 2019
Critically, NWRs preserve habitat and wildlife, often for endangered species. For example, even if nobody visited Aransas NWR in Texas, it would still provide virtually all of the wintering habitat for the endangered Whooping Crane. Bombay Hook NWR (Delaware); 166,000; $5.3 Horicon NWR (Wisconsin): 434,000; $8.6
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