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Trumpeter Swans: Don’t Shoot Them

10,000 Birds

Many years ago, back in the 1970s, I visited my sister, who lived in West Yellowstone, Montana, in the dead of winter. They were heavily hunted as food, and for the feathers. They (hunters) see this white thing, and they aren’t entirely sure what it is,” Naumann said. Three hunters have been charged. All of them.

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The Economic Impact of Birding on National Wildlife Refuges: Creating Local Jobs

10,000 Birds

Activities such as hunting, fishing, and trapping are categorized as “consumptive” uses. In contrast, consumptive uses were minor: fishing accounted for 10 percent and hunting was just 4 percent. Unlike most of the other units in the study, however, most visits were from hunters.). Lee Metcalf NWR (Montana): 178,000; $4.5

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Of Whiskey Jacks and Water Ouzels

10,000 Birds

Assorted Galliformes: One of the bird-human interactions that tends to produce a lot of common names is hunting, and names bestowed by hunters will tend to focus on traits important to hunters: how do you find it, where do you find it, and how does it taste? But it sounds so much more sophisticated to say Ouzel.

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Duck Stamps and the Best National Wildlife Refuges for Birding

10,000 Birds

The argument is straightforward: birders (and others, including hunters) buy stamps and the federal government turns around and obtains important bird habitat. Lee Metcalf NWR (Montana): 96.3%. In June, the 2018-2019 Federal Duck Stamp was released. The longer answer is below. But initially, some background is helpful. # # #.

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