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How to Bust a BBS

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a miniature version of that well-established national citizen science project the Breeding Bird Survey. That and the moral reprehensiveness of slavery. From there, I do a point count every half-mile for the next 9.5, It is this kind of logistical genius that undoubtedly contributed to the failure of the South to effectively secede.

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

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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. Dr. David Lavigne, Science Advisor to the International Fund for Animal Welfare, co-authored Gaining Ground: In Pursuit of Ecological Sustainability 5.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Mr. Hurst flippantly questions the ability to measure a pig’s happiness, but sound science—not to mention common sense—clearly establishes that mother pigs locked in gestation crates with so little space that they cannot turn around for most of their lives do indeed suffer. JILLIAN PARRY FRY Baltimore, Feb.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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We’re all connected through email and listservs, and we all swap information and provide each other with moral support. The story of smuggling an eagle to Canada is fiction, as it would be far too stressful even for a bird used to being around people. The rehabber connection, though, is very real. The book is darkly funny.

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Collaborative List – November 2019

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African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Hunters and fish and wildlife departments having a stake in Sandhills is a great thing. We can fight them back in Kentucky, too. Kentucky Dept.

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Collaborative List – August 2017

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a fish farm. a fish farm. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. a fish farm. Punta Morales–UNA Station (ECMAR). Ujarrás–Lago Cachi overlook. 17 Feb 2017. Gray-headed Kite – Leptodon cayanensis. road to Playa Azul. 02 Jun 2017.

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