10,000 Birds
MARCH 5, 2024
Birders know that some of the finest birding locations in the country are on federal land , which include national parks , wildlife refuges , forests , monuments , and seashores , among others. The eleven largest national wildlife refuges are also in Alaska, including Arctic NWR and Yukon Delta NWR , each more than 19 million acres.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2019
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) attempts to calculate the economic contribution of National Wildlife Refuge visitation to local communities. Rather, birding and other wildlife observation ( e.g., photography) are lumped together as “non-consumptive” uses of a refuge. Every few years, the U.S. billion in employment income.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 30, 2018
There are more than 550 national wildlife refuges in the United States, with at least one in every state and one within an hour drive of almost every major American city. Both birds and birders flock to national wildlife refuges. Kilauea Point NWR (Hawaii). Fish & Wildlife Service. Desert NWR (Nevada).
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2018
Not long ago, I posted a list of the 25 best National Wildlife Refuges for birding. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has published a list of NWRs that have been created or expanded with Duck Stamp funds. For example, Kilauea Point NWR in Hawaii was created in 1985 with land transferred from the U.S. And the U.S.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 18, 2021
Occasionally I host wildlife rehabilitator vent-fests, where I post a question on Facebook and duly note the rehabber responses. Today’s topic comes from Tracy Anderson in Hawaii: what was the strangest container (or method of transport) in which you have received wildlife? Covered in fish slime! What are the odds?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
In the popular imagination, Hawaii is a tropical paradise. (No, Fish & Wildlife Service). And if you’re lucky enough to be on the island of Hawaii next weekend (Sept. No, not a magical place— you’re thinking of Tahiti, Agent Coulson.) But it’s not always so wonderful for native flora and fauna. Take birds.
10,000 Birds
MAY 11, 2016
Something of the same sort may be in the works for Hawaii, with scientists considering unprecedented measures for the best of reasons. Since then, mosquitoes have flourished and begun to pose a serious danger to wildlife, including birds. Fish and Wildlfie Service). (The law of unintended consequences, etc.)
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