10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

I’ve long advocated for a habitat stamp strickly for birders as some of us don’t want to be labeled as hunters. Personally I’m very stubborn on this issue (not that I have anything against hunters)…but the minute they make a birding stamp, I’ll buy two!

2011 140

2011 Wildlife Birds Deer 140

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2019

Unlike most of the other units in the study, however, most visits were from hunters.). Nisqually NWR (Washington): 289,000; $15.1 Despite its relatively inaccessibility, Rainwater Basin WMD had more than 53,000 visits, which generated $2.2 million in activity and 19 jobs. Bear River MBR (Utah): 158,000 visits generating $4.1

Wildlife 248

Wildlife Maryland San Francisco Minnesota 248

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

So, one might surmise, it’s OK if they get shot by hunters thinking they’re sandhill cranes? What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? Do all hunters realize that? Mail Stop 7060 Washington, D.C. It flies on.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 242

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2020

It is expected to be signed by President Trump, which would be a rare bipartisan conservation achievement in a bitterly divided Washington D.C. Congress has overwhelmingly passed (310-107 in the House and 73-25 in the Senate) the Great American Outdoors Act. What is the LWCF and why does it matter to birders?

Oregon 278

Oregon Arizona Research Texas 278

Animal Ethics

JULY 15, 2009

And it does not call for an unregulated hunt; instead, it leaves full discretion to the National Park Service to set appropriate rules for the volunteer hunters who would help to thin the herd. Finally, you suggest that it would be less expensive to use “hired sharpshooters” than volunteer hunters. My proposal does no such thing.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York North Dakota Culling 40

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The 10-page section aptly named “Age, sex, and identification of ducks using in-hand upperwing patterns” is a guide to just that, utilizing images from two Washington State museum collections. He strongly believes that waterfowl hunters are the major reason we have waterfowl and wetlands in North America today. and Canada.”

Ducks 119

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 119

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2018

The argument is straightforward: birders (and others, including hunters) buy stamps and the federal government turns around and obtains important bird habitat. Nisqually NWR (Washington): 56.3%. In June, the 2018-2019 Federal Duck Stamp was released. Aransas NWR (Texas): 42.7%. Bear River MBR (Utah): 36.9%. Billy Frank Jr.

Ducks 203

Ducks Wildlife Texas Hawaii 203