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WPAs: America’s Duck Factories

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Ding” Darling NWR in Florida. The region has justifiably been referred to as the “Duck Factory of North America.” Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), contain many of the nation’s most renowned birding locations, including Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico, Laguna Atascosa NWR in Texas, and J.N.

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Steps Towards Ending Factory Farming?

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Similar limits were approved last year in Michigan and less sweeping restrictions have been adopted in Florida, Arizona and other states. Tags: ohio eggs california humane society farm animal welfare factory farm.

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A Great Day Out West – Bobcats, Birds and Boardwalks

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“Out West” to most Floridians might mean California or Arizona or might even refer to the Gulf Coast of Florida. And the magic factories are two neighbors, Green Cay Wetlands and Wakodahatchee Wetlands. These two water management wetlands are amongst the very best birding and photography locations in south Florida.

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The Traveling Birder

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They include: Southern Florida , with stops at places such as J. Although not a birding trip, before we moved from San Francisco to Portland, my wife and I did a long road trip across the United States, covering 12,000 miles and 34 states, from California to Florida to Maine to Montana. Geography is destiny.

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On Why My Food Bill Just Got a Lot Cheaper

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And because that's his premise, he proceeds to investigate both factory farming and smaller operations that include grazing and allowing the animals to live a relatively natural life (after their unnatural beginning and let's not forget about their unnatural end). Which begs the question: What about sea animals? And herein lies the problem.

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

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As a result, animals like the Florida panther and diminishing habitats like the prairie grasslands stand a fighting chance. Historically, National Wildlife Refuges viewed the “Duck Factory” (game bird conservation) as a high priority, while relegating non-game issues to a lower rung.

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Autumn colours

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This year will be tough on many birds as further mudflat destruction to construct factories in China means that they may not be able to feed in areas that they have known in the past. This week has seen the first flocks of Eastern Curlew and Greater Sand Plover head out over Roebuck Bay on dusk. Get yours today!

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