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Spotting Red-cockaded Woodpeckers on Eglin Air Force Base

10,000 Birds

It was a warm afternoon on the Florida Panhandle, and my husband and I were exploring the recreation areas of Eglin Air Force Base, which is the size of Rhode Island. I liked seeing the management – it meant the habitat resembled the fire-dependent forests that once covered this region of Florida.

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Good News for Greyhounds

Animal Person

Rhode Island's only dog track, Twin River, will be "suspending" dog racing. But for me, the number of adopted dogs doesn't make up for the fact that we have no right to breed dogs to use them as gambling chips. Mooney Rhode Island. I urge everyone to read and circulate " Heartbreak at 45 mph " by Michael J.

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Shutting Your Trap

10,000 Birds

The trap had been set in the woods right next to my house. The states which have essentially banned leghold traps are Florida, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, California, and Washington. The name and town of the owner were engraved on a metal tag. I’d released birds there.