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A Birder’s Guide to U.S. Federal Public Lands

10,000 Birds

BLM’s mission is one of multiple-uses and sustained yields, such that it attempts to balance energy development, grazing, recreation, and timber harvesting, while simultaneously attempting to preserve natural resources. BLM land is particularly important for conservation of the Greater Sage-Grouse and other sageland species.

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A Birder Reads a Scientific Paper

10,000 Birds

Several years ago, I read about the enormous colonies of breeding birds in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and I did some research to satisfy my curiosity. ( Google Scholar is an excellent resource and free full-text PDFs can be located for many papers, particularly when research is taxpayer-funded.