10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2019

Dozens of WPAs are located in the Rainwater Basin , a region south of the Platte River in south-central Nebraska, at the narrowest point of the Central Flyway. Located near Holdrege, Nebraska, it is known for spring migration and occasional Whooping Cranes. Funk WPA is about three miles long and is dissected by roads and dikes.

Nebraska 146

Nebraska Dissection Geese Ducks 146

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2019

Dozens of WPAs are located in the Rainwater Basin , a region south of the Platte River in south-central Nebraska, at the narrowest point of the Central Flyway. Located near Holdrege, Nebraska, it is known for spring migration and occasional Whooping Cranes. Funk WPA is about three miles long and is dissected by roads and dikes.

Nebraska 113

Nebraska Dissection Geese Ducks 113

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The petition relied on a genetic and ecological analysis by Dr. Robert Zink, a biologist at the University of Nebraska (the “ Zink study ”). The group and its members typically allege that they observe birds or run birding companies or have a mission to protect and preserve birds, so the standing requirement is satisfied.

California 179

California District of Columbia Los Angeles San Diego 179

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

This equates to a loss of US$126 million in gross revenue and from 42,500 to 80,900 fewer hectares of wetland and upland hectares protected. Andy Raedeke, one of the paper’s co-authors has suggested having a stamp with a base price (say $20) for National Wildlife Refuge and Wildlife Protection Area efforts, another ($25?)

Ducks 212

Ducks Hunters Hunting Wildlife 212

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. million dollars for habitat conservation.

2011 245

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 245

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2012

Now, he’s sharing some information sure to improve your experience of American historical sites… When I’m not writing about sports teams and bird logos , birding ephemera , or stumbling into first state records , I’m helping protect Civil War-related national parks with the non-profit National Parks Conservation Association in DC.

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Birds Mississippi Vermont Texas 172

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Hint for your letter: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has just returned from Nebraska’s Lillian Annette Rowe Sanctuary in Kearney, where he fell silent, entranced by the spectacle of tens of thousands of sandhill cranes rising from the braided shallows of the Platte. In the only state in the Central Flyway that protects cranes from hunting.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 242