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We’re less than a week into 2018 and already birds (at least those that migrate in and through the United States) are worse off than they were at the end of last year. A new directive from the current administration wipes out protection engendered by President Obama.

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New U.S. Rule Extends Length of Eagle-Death Permits for Wind Farms

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Nevertheless, killing an eagle is a federal crime in the United States, and recently a wind energy company linked to eagle deaths settled with the federal government. Conservationists and birders cheered this development, but a new rule has many of them concerned again.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of November 2012)

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This past weekend in the United States was important for a number of reasons. This was also the last weekend of President Obama’s first term. Much of the Mid-Atlantic is still recovering from Hurricane Sandy with many still awaiting power or roving aimlessly in search of a gas station with, you know, gas.

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What does the Keystone XL Pipeline have to do with Birds?

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President Obama has a very important decision to make in approving or rejecting the Keystone XL Pipeline. These birds arrive in the Boreal Forest after spending the winter in South and Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the United States. depend on the Boreal Forest. Just look at the recent spill in Arkansas.

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Farm Sanctuary Wary about Tom Vilsack for USDA

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While the Humane Society was pretty happy with Vilsack as Obama's pick for the Department of Agriculture, the Farm Sanctuary is wary. Barack Obama has picked Tom Vilsack, former Governor of Iowa, to be the next Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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The Passenger Pigeon & A Message From Martha: One Pigeon, Two Book Reviews

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I think that Avery was reaching for a portrait of the modern United States, the one that replaced the vast forests, but it just doesn’t work. journey, written up in diary format.

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Trump Signs Executive Orders And Scott Pruitt Stacks EPA With Climate Change Skeptics

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For those of you who may have forgotten, or some who never knew, we once had rivers in the United States that would catch fire because they were so polluted. On February 28th, 2017, Donald Trump rescinded the “ Waters of the United States ” rule. As stated in a recent New York Times article.

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