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The Wildlife Conservation Stamp: An Additional Income Stream for Our National Wildlife Refuges

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Many of these refuges and associated Conservation Areas, which have the potential to protect more than 1 million acres of vital wildlife habitat, have been forged through creative partnerships with sportsmen, conservation groups and private landowners. President Obama has added 10 new refuges in his first term.

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Good news for the Wood Stork

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Fish and Wildlife Service is down-listing the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). are considered a distinct population segment, which is protected by the ESA and the Migratory Bird Treaty act. On June 25, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the U.S.

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THE BIGGEST URBAN PYGMY CORMORANT ROOST IN THE WORLD DECREASED!

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Worried by the lack of appropriate action by the authorities (as described in the previous post ), this year I invited two more wildlife protection organisations to take part in the annual census of Pygmy Cormorants in Belgrade. The study was prepared in 2012, but no protection has been declared to date.

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Big Cat Week 2012 Starts Sunday!

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9, 2012, at 8 p.m. But experts can’t protect them without knowing more about them. Snow Leopard of Afghanistan. Sunday, Dec. Afghanistan, one of the most dangerous places on earth, is also home to a population of endangered and elusive snow leopards.

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A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia: A Book Review by a Penguin Groupie

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There are two things you need to know about A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia , edited by Robert Burton and John Croxall, and produced by the South Georgia Heritage Trust. The temptation will be to jump to the Wildlife sections. I found the section on Invertebrates less interesting than the previous wildlife sections.

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Black-backed Woodpeckers and Forest Fires in California and the West

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It was July of 2012. In October of 2012, the Institute for Bird Populations released “ A Conservation Strategy for the Black-Backed Woodpecker in California 3.” Forest Service plan to allow 30,000 acres of logging in the burned area will cause significant harm to wildlife, water and the regrowing forest. Version 1.0.

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Birders: A Documentary Short Film Review

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The voice, which we soon learns belongs to wildlife photographer Richard Moore, exclaims, “Migration is on!” ” So, it is established: this is a film about migrant birds and the people who work to protect them in south Texas and northern Mexico. ” and then adds, “The border wall is no barrier to birds.”

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