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A Birder’s Guide to U.S. Federal Public Lands

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BLM land is particularly important for conservation of the Greater Sage-Grouse and other sageland species. Fish and Wildlife Service : The stylized blue goose logo of the FWS is well-known to birders, as FWS manages more than 575 national wildlife refuges. FWS is unique because its primary statutory mission is conservation.

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One More Reason for Gratitude

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Unfortunately, my daughter, son-in-law, and daughter-in-law all work for Mexican entities that do not give them the day off, so the celebration was moved to Saturday. Perhaps the fact that we really enjoy talking to each other had a slight negative impact on the number of species seen (“only” 52).

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One Good Turn

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I met Jonathan because his mother-in-law lives here in Morelia, and when he visits her, we sometimes find a space to bird together. With 85 species in 6 hours, I’d like to think it was well repaid. This Pied-billed Grebe begged the question, does the very early Grebe get the very tiny fish? That’s me on the right.

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Bird Litigation: Spotted Owl v. Barred Owl

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The Northern Spotted Owl is a “ threatened ” species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and it was famously the subject of extensive and protracted litigation in the late 1980s and early 1990s, mostly relating to forestry management plans in the Pacific Northwest. The environmental groups appealed to the U.S.

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Recent Events Involving Our Public Lands Are Alarming

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But their lawyers argued that prosecutors did not prove that the group had engaged in an illegal conspiracy that kept federal workers — employees of the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management — from doing their jobs. It’s about putting the Federal Government back into the confines of the law.”. Are you kidding me?

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Australasian Snapper, Pagrus auratus

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The species is fairly widespread in the Western Pacific, ranging from New Zealand to Japan, and contrary to its name it isn’t actually a true snapper (family Lutjanidae), but is instead a member of the porgy and sea bream family (Sparidae). They were an important food for the Maori and dominated the diet in some parts of the north.

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Endangered Birds: 50th Anniversary for the Class of 1967

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Before the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), there was the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966. endangered species was issued on March 11, 1967, under the earlier law, and those listings were ultimately grandfathered into the ESA. The first list of U.S. Here’s the notice in the Federal Register.).