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Guide to the Birds of Honduras Translation Project

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I’ve done what I can to support the bird industry and modern ornithology in Honduras with my book and bird-guide training courses. Missouri is again jumping on board to help with the translation project of the Honduran bird book. Send donations to: Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation. PO Box 366.

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A Post Chock-full of Bird News

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Scientists at the University of Missouri report that most deaths of young birds happen in the first few weeks after fledging. A new report describes the state of North America’s boreal forests, and the importance they hold for birds, concluding that at least half of this natural resource should be kept off-limits from industrial development.

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Rev. Bachman’s Lost Warbler

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The species disappeared from the record for several decades afterwards due to the war and all, but it popped up again in the mid-1880′s where it was reported to occur in decent numbers across much of the southeast all the way west to the Mississippi bottomlands of southeast Missouri’s bootheel. In Missouri in 1948.

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“Dog Days and Poisons” – Collective Arts Brewing: Mash Up the Jam

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In an ever-changing industry obsessed with trends, “sour is the new hoppy” has been the new maxim. Louis, Missouri population. I suspect this will be the first and last time we’ll see a beer featuring this species, an introduced Old-World songbird best known in North America from its St. That is, unless some St.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

20): Blake Hurst, a former hog farmer and president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, cautions that “we can’t ask the pigs what they think.” The meat industry loves to squeal that “the cost of bacon will rise” whenever it’s faced with pressure to change. To the Editor: Re “ Don’t Presume to Know a Pig’s Mind ” (Op-Ed, Feb.

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Going Green is Always in Fashion

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The eco-friendly cat litter introduced a new recyclable bag – one of the first in the pet care industry – in January 2010. Louis, Missouri, where Ralston Purina was founded more than a century ago. On average, 44 million pounds of paper is recycled into Yesterday’s News each year. The company is part of the Swiss-based Nestlé S.A. –

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