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Auto-pilot Conservation in the Era of Trump

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Other than a sweeping public lands package in 2019 , there has been little or no progress on the environment or wildlife protection. million from the MBCF to conserve 2,629 acres in four NWRs, including Blackwater NWR in Maryland. Forsythe NWR in New Jersey, San Bernard NWR in Texas, and Blackwater NWR in Maryland.

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

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Thomas Serfass, a professor at Maryland’s Frostburg State University says, “I would describe the North American Model as incomplete. He notes that “Beginning in the 1960s, for example, conservation was dominated by non-hunters whose legacy includes key legislation such as the U.S. New Ideas In Conservation.

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A Red-naped Sapsucker and a Townsend’s Warbler

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It seemed as though “other species” referred mostly to species of hummingbirds until I came across some reports from a Listserv in Maryland of an exceptional TOWA, that was reported to be feeding from sapsucker wells. For example, how long does it take for a sapsucker to do the rounds of its sap wells?

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Birding the Battlefields

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Now, he’s sharing some information sure to improve your experience of American historical sites… When I’m not writing about sports teams and bird logos , birding ephemera , or stumbling into first state records , I’m helping protect Civil War-related national parks with the non-profit National Parks Conservation Association in DC.

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

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For example, Carl Cohen, who has argued at length that animals don’t have rights, admits: If animals feel pain (and certainly mammals do,), we humans surely ought cause no pain to them that cannot be justified. No one disputes that these actions cause the animals an enormous amount of pain and distress.