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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Service is committed to strengthening and expanding hunting and fishing opportunities,” said Ashe. “By

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Audubon’s Footsteps

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Birds, mammals and other wildlife, humans and landscapes are all rendered magnificently. The plural of carp, for example, the fish and noun, is not carps but carp — that kind of stuff.) But the main attraction of the book, it must be said, is not Clavreul’s prose but his artistry in watercolor.

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Why You Should See The Big Year When It Opens

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We’re pleased to share his thoughtful perspective and plea for your consideration… Dear Friends and Lovers of Birds, On Friday, October 14th, to my knowledge, the first feature film with the subject being Birding ever made, with any intent to portray birders as human beings, will be released. Or perhaps even better Show Them.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

20): Blake Hurst, a former hog farmer and president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, cautions that “we can’t ask the pigs what they think.” To the Editor: Thanks to Blake Hurst for reminding us how bizarre it is for humans to think that they know what makes other animals happy. But we can ask, and they can answer.