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We are Just Money Grubbers

10,000 Birds

The Lesser White-fronted Goose is not only rare in Serbia, but also overlooked among numerous Greater White-fronted Geese. The species is also susceptible to the effects of commercial exploitation of marine benthic organisms and shellfish, and is threatened by drowning in fishing nets. Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser eruthtropus.

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Alaska Day: Birds and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

10,000 Birds

Alaska Day commemorates Alaska’s formal transfer from Russia to the United States in 1867. By protecting 25 free-flowing Alaskan rivers in their natural state, we are almost doubling the size of our Wild and Scenic Rivers System. ANILCA will be the last designation of protected federal land that even approaches this magnitude.

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