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The “Rufa” Red Knot is now protected under the Endangered Species Act

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Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the “Rufa” population of Red Knot ( Calidris canutus rufa ) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The other sub-species, Calidris canutus roselaari , migrates along the Pacific Coast and breeds in Alaska and the Wrangel Island in Russia.

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From Today's New York Times

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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. Eric Chivian Boston, Jan. 7, 2008 The writer is director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment , Harvard Medical School.

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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl–A Book Review

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because, if the film rights to this book have not been snapped up yet, Hollywood is making a huge mistake) (c) Will I ever see a Blakiston’s Fish Owl? The fish owl is Jonathan Slaght’s grail and also, more prosaically, his dissertation topic. Primorye is officially part of Russia’s Far Eastern Federal District.

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