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A Birder’s Guide to U.S. Federal Public Lands

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For example, Whooping Cranes winter almost exclusively at Aransas NWR in Texas. For example, most of the world’s Black-footed and Laysan Albatross and Ashy Storm-Petrel breed on these islands. Several endangered species are (or have been) highly dependent on specific tracts of federal land.

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DDT, oil spills, and a wall.

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southern border; and set regulations to waive environmental laws for building on public lands. It has since become common year-round in native woods of far southern Texas.”. According to Audubon, “In native woodlands and brushy country of far southern Texas, this large oriole is an uncommon resident.”. The Border Wall.

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What’s in a Name: Attwater’s Prairie Chicken

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Henry Philemon Attwater was born in Brighton, England and spent his early adult years in Canada, but the state of Texas – which he first visited at 30 and made his permanent home at 35 – has embraced him.

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Feral Cats in American Cities

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…a City Council committee voted 5-0 to recommend a new law that in essence licenses the care and feeding of free-roaming cats as part of a larger effort to reduce their numbers. In Copperas Cove, Texas. Let’s start with Minneapolis, because that is what sparked my interest. What would success look like?

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The Beautiful and Colorful Mourning Dove

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A recent study of a multiyear, peer-reviewed research project, conducted in Texas, indicate dove hunters using shotshells loaded with lead pellets enjoy no advantage in effectiveness over those using shotshells firing non-toxic steel pellets of similar or slightly larger size.

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The National Wildlife Refuge System: Birders Leading the Way

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For example, essentially the entire population of the endangered Whooping Crane winters at Aransas NWR in Texas. The System also helps implement the Endangered Species Act and other federal conservation laws. Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat.

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Montana Horse Slaughter Bill Not Vetoed

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The danger is that the amendments will be made and the bill will be signed into law. Please read this excellent and compelling letter by former Mayor Paula Bacon about the disastrous effects of having a slaughter facility in her hometown of Kaufman, Texas. PLEASE TAKE ACTION. We must keep the pressure on the governor to VETO this bill.