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APRIL 12, 2022

So armed with some knowledge from the “ Access Considerations for Birding Locations ” page on the Birdability website and some research, I twice visited the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge near Portland, Oregon with accessibility in mind. The Tualatin River NWR is an urban refuge just a few miles from downtown Portland.

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JUNE 17, 2015

Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Service is committed to strengthening and expanding hunting and fishing opportunities,” said Ashe. “The

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APRIL 14, 2023

Tin House, Portland, Oregon, 297 pp., But, for now, such places are “a reminder of wild Europe, the laid-down layers of moss, peat and water, and the unending reedy marsh.” __ The Wise Hours: A Journey Into the Wild and Secret World of Owls. By Miriam Darlington. US $27.95, CAN $36.95. February 7, 2023.

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JANUARY 24, 2022

But as far as I can tell, nobody advocates for birders, so lands are opened to hunting and fishing , but not birding, photography, and other non-consumptive uses. Avian science and conservation are well covered by large and well-financed national non-profits.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Interesting to learn, for example, that in 1885 more than five million birds were killed in the United States for the millinery industry, and that in 1904 market hunters in Oregon killed over 120 tons of waterfowl for the restaurant trade in San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle.

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MARCH 15, 2016

Crotty is a birder and lawyer living in Portland, Oregon. Accordingly, FWS manages with conservation as its primary priority and compatible wildlife-dependent recreation (hunting, fishing, wildlife observation and photography, environmental education and interpretation) as a secondary priority.

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JANUARY 1, 2019

John James Audubon first heard the sparrow in July, 1944, on a buffalo hunt in North Dakota. It took me a while to realize that Portland, Maine is not far away. Baird’s Sparrows are true prairie birds, and their population is declining as their grassland habitat is cultivated for agriculture. I don’t know. Great Black Hawk, Maine.

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