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California Legislators Call for Wildlife Official's Resignation

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The wildlife official in question is the President of the California Fish and Game Commission. He is a proponent of trophy hunting and was photographed with a dead mountain lion in Idaho. Full story here.

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Birding John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge

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John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge , AKA Tinicum, is an outstanding urban oasis in southern Philadelphia, less than one mile from Philadelphia’s airport. This area, administered for the benefit of wildlife and people, was known as Tinicum Wildlife Preserve. Being a New Yorker, I had never birded the refuge before.

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What’s Up with the ABA?

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The ABA encourages birders to apply their skills to help conserve birds and their habitats, and we represent the interests of birders in planning and legislative arenas.”. Some tasks appear to be performed inconsistently or not at all ( e.g. , “represent the interests of birders in planning and legislative arenas”).

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation (NAMWC) is often held up as the best system of wildlife management and conservation in the world. But the tenets of the North American Model were developed in the 19th century, when wildlife ethics and science were a mere glimmer of what we understand today.

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Administrative Procedure for Birders: Duck Stamp Rulemaking

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Although legislation passed by Congress is more visible, most regulations are issued by the vast federal bureaucracy. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently sought public comments on its proposal to permanently add a hunting element to the Duck Stamp art competition.

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Birding Shanghai in January 2023

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My standard joke – that nobody ever seems to find funny – when being asked if I am interested in fishing is to answer that I do not fish because I would be too afraid of catching a fish). (My None other than W.S. of the German Anglers Association. I am so glad somebody cares. (My

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Auto-pilot Conservation in the Era of Trump

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Other than a sweeping public lands package in 2019 , there has been little or no progress on the environment or wildlife protection. Although the size of some individual projects approved by MBCC each year are dwarfed by major legislation such as the public lands bill , MBCC dutifully approves projects twice a year, each and every year.

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