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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Service is committed to strengthening and expanding hunting and fishing opportunities,” said Ashe. “The

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Snow in the Air

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For all that, though, migration here is still largely a water-based show, with the most spectacular signs of springs coming in the forms of ducks, geese, and swans. Several locations in the state, most notably Freezeout Lake, are graced with epic spring migrations of Snow Geese and Tundra Swans as they return north along the Pacific Flyway.

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Birding Botswana’s Borders

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Even without being on the water it was possible watch birds across the river, as evidenced by my lifer pair of African Pygmy Geese , which flew down the river and landed on the Namibian side. But even without huge herds of elephants large game is defiantly the major draw for most people on the cruise.

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

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. Kentucky Dept.

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My Year so Far – Modest but Satisfactory

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Pinkfooted Geese in North Norfolk – winter visitors from Iceland My British list is, in fact, merely an East Anglian list, as I haven’t (so far) ventured out of the counties of Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex. The Woodcock were disturbed by beaters driving Pheasants for a game shoot.

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Birding Botswana

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Okavango sunset Almost 40% of all land in Botswana is under conservation either as wilderness areas, game reserves or national parks. Specials include birds like African Pygmy Geese, Racket-tailed Roller and Western Banded Snake-eagle. Few countries can boast the megafaunal diversity of the Okavango Delta.

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Being a Birder

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Being a birder redefines ones travel views and arrangements – unlike old churches, birding tourist attractions have wings and tend to use them, which makes locating them more of a game. More of a hunt? Satisfying the most ancient need in one hunter-gatherer’s mind? To be fully aware of one’s environment, fully awake?

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