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Dawn in South Carolina

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Near the turn of the 20th century, wealthy influencer Bernard Baruch bought coastal property in South Carolina. Today, the vast tract of land is protected, managed for science and conservation. Today, the vast tract of land is protected, managed for science and conservation. Allen is an awesome person to bird with.

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Good news for the Wood Stork

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Fish and Wildlife Service is down-listing the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The wood stork occurs and breeds in Central and South America. are considered a distinct population segment, which is protected by the ESA and the Migratory Bird Treaty act. However, birds in the U.S.

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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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Debbie Faires in South Carolina had a baby squirrel delivered in a mink hat. The finders of an adult Barred Owl brought to Kathryn Dudeck in Georgia thought he had a wing fracture, so they wrapped the entire bird in the plastic protective wrap used by landscape companies and taped it up. Covered in fish slime!

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Wilson’s Plovers in Folly Beach, Charleston

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Located at the end of a long public beach, the park features the beach but also a protected marsh – some areas of which are used by Least Terns and Wilson’s Plovers as nesting sites. They are listed as threatened in South Carolina, with approximately 375 pairs of nesting plovers. A Willet foraging for food.

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Sarah Palin Secretary of Energy or the Interior?

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Now South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham is floating Ted Cruz to fill the SCOTUS vacancy. Fish and Wildlife Service, as well as overseeing all federal lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and presiding over the U.S. Putting her in charge of protecting our wildlife on public lands would be catastrophic.

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