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

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These include: Hawaiian Islands NWR , Farallon Islands NWR near San Francisco, Alaska Maritime NWR , and Channel Islands NP near Santa Barbara. For example, Whooping Cranes winter almost exclusively at Aransas NWR in Texas. Several endangered species are (or have been) highly dependent on specific tracts of federal land.

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The Economic Impact of Birding on National Wildlife Refuges: Creating Local Jobs

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For example, even if nobody visited Aransas NWR in Texas, it would still provide virtually all of the wintering habitat for the endangered Whooping Crane. Creating a dozen jobs in a small rural community is far more important to that community than creation of a dozen jobs is to San Francisco or Chicago. million; 293 jobs.

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The Traveling Birder

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I am a westerner who has lived in San Francisco and Portland my entire birding life. Northern Gulf Coast of Texas , with stops at Anahuac NWR, Brazoria NWR, and Aransas NWR. Rio Grande Valley of Texas , including stops at Santa Ana NWR and Laguna Atascosa NWR. 10, Mountain Quail at No. 11, Wandering Tattler at No.

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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. Farallon NWR , a group of islands near San Francisco, hosts the largest colonies of breeding seabirds south of Alaska. Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat.

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Pet Paradise Resort to donate ALL pet hair clippings

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Pet Paradise Resort will start shipping collected pet hair to Matter of Trust’s warehouses located along the Gulf of Mexico and in San Francisco. The company has grooming salons in all 13 resorts located in Texas, Louisiana, Florida and North Carolina. About Pet Paradise.

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Birds In a Changing Climate: A Primer

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In San Francisco, no rain fell in the month of January, which is bizarre and ridiculous, in a sad way. While no one thinks Florida is going to dry up, anywhere from the Dakotas, south to Texas, all the way to the west Coast may be up for some brutal droughts in the coming years.

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From Today's Wall Street Journal

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Steve Heilig San Francisco Mr. Foer misses the point of the debate completely. Chantelle Wallace Austin, Texas The irony of this article, which is reminiscent of Irish author Jonathan Swift's suggestion of eating "excess children" to shock and awe his readers, isn't lost on an intelligent reader.