10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2017

The resulting properties—WPAs—are small ponds, wetlands, and associated grasslands, primarily in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana, but also in Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Iowa. Established in 1962, Fergus Falls WMD is located in western central Minnesota. But taken as a whole, WPAs total almost 3.8

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Factory Ducks North Dakota Nebraska 117

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2011

They are also found in the mountainous interior west as far south as Arizona and New Mexico, as well as in the far northern reaches of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, and New England.

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Washington Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan 171

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

The ruling today affects wolves in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. TRAVERSE CITY - State officials say they're not pleased with a federal court's ruling overturning the government's decision to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list for the Great Lakes region. District Court in Washington, D.C.,

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Humane Society Of The United States Wolves The Humane Society Endangered Species 100

Critter News

JANUARY 30, 2009

Wildlife conservationists say the freeze will delay and possibly prevent the removal of gray wolves from the federal endangered species list in Montana, Idaho, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and also in portions of Washington, Oregon, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.

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Obama Wolves South Dakota North Dakota 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2011

I can certainly speak about the Midwest where states like Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, etc. Outside of hardcore twitchers looking for specialty birds and after speaking to thousands and thousands of birders, I have concluded that most people really do not put much emphasis on our prairies.

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Prairie Dogs Colorado North Dakota Soreing 163

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Some states have no species at all, not even a pigeon, crow, or sparrow: Hawaii , Utah , Nebraska , Oklahoma , Minnesota , Iowa , Wisconsin , Kentucky , West Virginia , Mississippi , Alabama , Connecticut , and Rhode Island. Even the nation’s capital has been ignored. And so on….

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Rhode Island United States West Virginia Puerto Rico 114

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2019

Horicon NWR (Wisconsin): 434,000; $8.6 Minnesota Valley NWR (Minnesota): 274,000; $4.2 Minnesota Valley NWR (Minnesota): 274,000; $4.2 million; 104 jobs. John Heinz NWR (Pennsylvania): 358,000; $4.6 million; 35 jobs. Kilauea Point NWR (Hawaii): 1,148,000; $34.3 million; 293 jobs. million; 412. million; 45.

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Wildlife Maryland San Francisco Minnesota 245

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2015

During the 1980s, the Pacific Coast Population swans became the source of eggs for several restoration programs in Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Iowa 2.

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North America Iowa Wisconsin America 176

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2022

Wisconsin. As a popular game bird, the Ring-necked Pheasant seems to have such high importance in the US that there are several papers just discussing the species in individual US states. Examples: California. Connecticut. New Jersey. North Dakota. Rhode Island. South Dakota. Washington. I particularly like this photo of a female at Nanhui.

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Rhode Island Research South Dakota North Dakota 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2018

Horicon NWR (Wisconsin): 98.7%. Minnesota Valley NWR (Minnesota): 0.0%. The list of NWRs from 80-90% is impressive as well: Anahuac NWR in Texas (80.0%), Edwin B. Ding Darling NWR (Florida): 7.4%. John Heinz NWR (Pennsylvania): 8.1%. Kilauea Point NWR (Hawaii): 0.0%. Laguna Atascosa NWR (Texas): 86.3%.

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Ducks Wildlife Texas Hawaii 203