10,000 Birds
JANUARY 31, 2020
Glengoyne’s understated logo shows a simple silhouette of two standing geese facing one another, rendered either in silver or gold depending on the bottling – a nod to the distillery’s name, which means “the valley of the geese” in Gaelic. Today, whisky production at Glengoyne is entirely legal, open and aboveboard.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2019
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) attempts to calculate the economic contribution of National Wildlife Refuge visitation to local communities. Rather, birding and other wildlife observation ( e.g., photography) are lumped together as “non-consumptive” uses of a refuge. Every few years, the U.S. billion for local communities.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
There were plenty of birds on the water to keep me entertained, with close to 60 Greylag geese, 50 Canada Geese, 80 Wigeon, 250 Coots, plus a good assortment of Tufted Ducks, Gadwall, Shoveler and Mallard. One count I undertake every year is the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Big Farmland Bird Count.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2019
Mardis Gras, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, crawfish, oil production, coastal erosion, chemical plants; all encompassed within one state and a whole lot of coastline. It’s that coastline, however, that called me to Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge, an oasis drawing migrating waterfowl like a magnet.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 9, 2019
A while back, I wrote about an under-appreciated part of the National Wildlife Refuge System : Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs). Although little-known, WPAs provide critical breeding, resting, and nesting habitat for millions of ducks, geese, and swans, as well as shorebirds and grassland species.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 9, 2018
Among these lands are some of the most productive avian breeding grounds in the United States. By designating more than 97 million acres for new parks and refuges, we are doubling the size of our National Park and Wildlife Refuge System. Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 8, 2012
I get one called The Wildlife Professional for the Wildlife Society, that’s put out for wildlife technicians who work in the field. And can I point out how weird it is to see the word “weapon” applied to wildlife sciences. So, I was excited to go through my new job’s trade publications.
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