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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. National wildlife refuges provide premier outdoor recreational opportunities across the Nation.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

under the 1969 Endangered Species Conservation Act and later transferred to the 1973 Endangered Species Act; then protected with other birds of prey under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act through agreement with Mexico, but not Canada, in 1972 1. Peregrine Falcon at Delevan National Wildlife Refuge. Don’t miss it! Love those talons!

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Falcons Wildlife Sacramento Endangered Species 132

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Do you consider yourself a wildlife conservationist? Do you contribute to wildlife conservation organizations? Maybe a worldwide organization like the Wildlife Conservation Network , BirdLife International or the Peregrine Fund ? It’s about putting the Federal Government back into the confines of the law.”. This is the U.S.

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Extremist Oregon Wildlife illegal 148

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JUNE 20, 2012

All swallows are included under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 as migratory insectivorous birds and as such are protected by state and federal regulations. It is illegal for any person to take, possess, transport, sell, or purchase them or their parts, such as feathers, nests, or eggs, without a permit. Herein lies the problem.

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San Diego illegal California South America 165

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

The male shown in the video above, filmed at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, was in the process of gathering nesting material for what usually adds up to a dozen to two dozen nests! I shot this video of the male bringing in the nesting material and arranging it within the nest before flying back out to a branch to sing.

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Sacramento North America Wildlife Defenders Of Wildlife 161

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JUNE 26, 2013

The survival of songbirds depends in part upon eliminating illegal hunting. Note: Some of the accompanying photos and videos are very powerful, but also not necessarily for the faint of heart.). Fish and Wildlife Service). **And Photo by David Guttenfelder, courtesy of National Geographic ). Photo of the Nihoa Millerbird by S.

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Cambodia Slaughter Slaughtered Cyprus 142

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MARCH 18, 2011

In fact, all of the images of Scarlet Macaws in this post are of the birds that live at Copan Archeological Park, birds that were seized at the border before they could be illegally exported.* Fortunately, there are some people working to protect the Scarlet Macaws of Honduras. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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