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Civic Action in Opposition to the removal of protections under Endangered Species Act

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Hello all, I came across this on the Human Society website: [link] ​ It appears that the House of Representatives are looking to remove protections for certain animals in this case gray wolves and grizzly bears. We can contact our legislators to express our opposition.

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The National Wildlife Refuge System: Birders Leading the Way

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Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. But when taken as a whole, the impact of the Refuge System is truly profound, supporting population-level numbers of numerous bird species. Because many NWRs were established to protect migrating birds, they lie along one of the four primary flyways.

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And it’s a wrap….

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I must have keep 400 images in the file of just this one species. There is a small Federal Reserve, set aside on the white sandy beach near San Jose Del Cabo, in order to protect the nesting Least Terns. This late evening photo of an American Avocet is one of my all time favorites of this species.