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The Effects of Wildfires on Wildlife

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This past March I helped a Girl Scout troupe build and install 15 Bluebird nest boxes on the Sacramento River Trail. The Carr Fire jumped the Sacramento River within a few days after it began, at the very location we had installed the nestboxes. Here’s a photo of the troupe and myself after the install.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge : Expand big game hunting. The Sacramento River NWR was established 1989 by the authority provided under the Endangered Species Act, Emergency Wetlands Resources Act, and the Fish and Wildlife Act. References: 1 Tualatin River NWR , 2 Sacramento River NWR , 3 Prime Hook NWR , 4 St.

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The Traveling Birder

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I mention these trips because, along with other trips and experiences closer to home, they inform my research into my future birding travel. For example, not much can beat the experience of seeing a Bald Eagle scare up thousands of Snow Geese at Sacramento NWR. Your prior trips will inform your birding travel planning too.

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Unlikely Healer Walks on Three Paws

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The National Institutes of Health acknowledges and researches the healing powers that animals exert on humans. School children in Sacramento and conference attendees in San Diego who met the dog quickly got the message, and the excitement, that no one needs to be defined by their circumstances when Tink raced toward them.

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Collaborative List – February 2018

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Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Sacramento NWR–Auto Tour Route. Sacramento NWR–Auto Tour Route. Sacramento NWR–Auto Tour Route. Sacramento NWR–Auto Tour Route. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Weka – Gallirallus australis.

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Collaborative List – March 2018

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Sacramento Expo Center, RV site, on the American River. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Sacramento NWR–Auto Tour Route. Sacramento NWR–Auto Tour Route.

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Collaborative List – April 2018

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Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Sacramento NWR–Auto Tour Route. Sacramento NWR–Auto Tour Route. Sacramento NWR–Auto Tour Route. Sacramento NWR–Auto Tour Route. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018.

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