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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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Other wildlife-dependent recreation on national wildlife refuges includes wildlife photography, environmental education, wildlife observation and interpretation. Units are located along both sides of the river and serve to protect and provide a wide variety of riparian habitats for birds, fish, and other wildlife.”

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The Wildlife Conservation Stamp: An Additional Income Stream for Our National Wildlife Refuges

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Many of these refuges and associated Conservation Areas, which have the potential to protect more than 1 million acres of vital wildlife habitat, have been forged through creative partnerships with sportsmen, conservation groups and private landowners. President Obama has added 10 new refuges in his first term.

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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

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The Friendship Association is a nonprofit that encourages and sponsors educational and cultural connections between the U.S. In addition to habitat loss, extreme weather, invasive species, hunting, and the illegal capture of birds for pet markets are major contributing factors. and Cuba.). by Nils Navarro.

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Hornbills of Sabah

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To avoid quarrels about different education styles, each adult attends a separate chick after fledging (source: HBW). When one Chinese researcher was very bored, he had a bright idea: Why not publish a paper on the complete mitochondrial genome of the Rhinoceros Hornbill ? The Wreathed Hornbill is also listed as Vulnerable.

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Spotlight: Lisa Beth Acton, Raising Ravens

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She has a captive-bred education bird named Xena, a Eurasian Eagle Owl. He meant well, but his research told him to feed them Exact parrot formula – which is NOT a diet for ravens. We would close the flight around 10 PM to protect them from predators, then we’d get up at four in the morning to open the door again.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

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Although this park was logged in the past, as a national park it is one of the few forests in Ghana that is really protected. . They are large passerines and research has shown them to be an ancient basal offshoot from the passerine tree (at approximately the same time as rockjumpers, were even placed in the same family until quite recently).

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