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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

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Women gathered their long skirts and hurried for the shelter of stores. A foot deep by some accounts, it killed what life was left in the forest. They have a hard enough time with Canada Geese. Children screamed and ran for home. Horses bolted. … Day was turned to dusk. And, then there were the droppings.

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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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It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds. The State of Louisiana has increased fines for illegal killing of bears. Finley National Wildlife Refuge : Expand big game hunting. Established in 1964, the William L.

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