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

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BLM land is particularly important for conservation of the Greater Sage-Grouse and other sageland species. NPS also manages a diverse set of lands ( i.e., from the Arctic to the Everglades to the Mojave Desert to the Rocky Mountains ) that are used by many species of birds. Virgin Islands).

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The National Wildlife Refuge System: Birders Leading the Way

10,000 Birds

Virgin Islands , and the remote Pacific Ocean. Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. For example, essentially the entire population of the endangered Whooping Crane winters at Aransas NWR in Texas. These protected areas are not merely convenient, they are essential. The combination is potent.

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