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Proposed Changes to the Duck Stamp Not Well Received

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a) Recommendation : Develop and support implementation of a marketing plan with specific sales and revenue goals for waterfowl hunters, other hunters, non-hunters and wildlife viewers, etc. The physical stamp could be sent to hunters after March 10th each year. 1) Action : U.S. no physical stamp required).

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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

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Lead shot injured and killed condors young and old, lead in the carrion they ate, lead in the bullets that hunters shot at them. .” California Condors are thriving now, mostly, but Osborn’s experiences in the early 2000’s were years of triumph and heartbreak.

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Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania: A Review by an Atlas Novice

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I am always interested in the stories behind the making of the books I review, so I spent some time reading the newsletter, The PennsylAvian Monitor , published for volunteers during the 5-plus years of the atlas project.

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Charles Harper’s Birds & Words: A Review of a Classic Reborn

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The Eskimo Curlew “ran the gauntlet of a hunter army, which stalked him from state to state to provision meat counters by the wagonload.” Tessaglia-Hymes that originally appeared in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s newsletter Birdscope, Spring 2006, [link]. (e)

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Birders are Freeloaders

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economy than either hunters or anglers: 2011 Fishing Expenditures: $41.8 Baicich breaks it down in his Great Birding Projects newsletter: …expenditures for some important bird-watching items have gone up considerably since 2006. Bird watchers definitely pay, even if our economic contributions are patently ignored. Freeloaders 2.

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