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Tell Congress To Fully Fund The Land And Water Conservation Fund

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As a result, there is a substantial backlog of federal land acquisition needs estimated at more than $30 billion—including places vulnerable to development such as the Florida Everglades, Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, Civil War battlefields in Virginia and other precious places around the country.

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On ANIMAL EQUALITY, by Joan Dunayer

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Dunayer devotes a chapter each to the language used in hunting, zoos, "marine parks," vivisection and "animal agriculture." An animal's own terms are 'Don't hunt me'" (49). "At Sea World of Florida has directed its staff to replace tank with aquarium , and cage with enclosure " (94). "In Often it permanently disables or kills.

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The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl–A Book Review

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Hunting: You may have noticed that the Written Species Accounts include a section on hunting. I am a city girl and until I became a birder my contact with hunting was limited to occasionally seeing dead deer on the tops of cars in upstate New York. So–not a fan of hunting. So–not a fan of hunting.

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A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

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The visitors along the boardwalk at Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Florida were taking photos nonstop, we only had a few minutes before the wetlands closed, oohing and aaahing. McLean’s work on bird protection legislation is described and analyzed in one 30-page chapter, “Saving the Birds.” ©2023, Donna L.