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Comebackers

10,000 Birds

Alaska’s long-lining fleet now must have bird-deterrent measures in place, which means a lot more Laysan, Black-footed and Short-tailed Albatross are not being injured or drowned in fishing gear. Aleutian Cackling Geese on Buldir Island, Alaska, where they made their final stand. is on a boat in the Aleutian chain.

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

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There, a conservation campaign led by Naga conservation activist Bano Haralu, based on community education and the promise of economic retooling, has successfully halted the massive slaughter of the hundreds of thousands of Amur Falcons who gather at the Doyang Reservoir. It is often hard to be positive.

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DDT, oil spills, and a wall.

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Eleven million gallons of oil suffocated 1,300 miles of shoreline in my beloved Alaska. Official Sierra Club Grassroots Network Campaign – social media actions. Borderlands Campaign – Sierra Club Facebook group for this issue. Fast forward to the next decade and humans were at it again.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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If you wrote to Tennessee in the 10,000 Birds campaign this winter, you can cut and paste your letter, changing “Tennessee&# to “Kentucky.&# Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. By Julie • March 14, 2011 • 18 comments Tweet Share ACTION ALERT!

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Twenty Years Ago

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In what has to be considered pure escapism (from the presidential campaign, if nothing else), every news organization is leading with the story of three young whales off the north coast of Alaska (near Barrow). 10-19-88 Wednesday. The whales were frozen in by ice floes on their southward migration from the arctic.

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Sarah Palin Secretary of Energy or the Interior?

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Hamm, an Oklahoma billionaire who has been a friend of Trump’s for years, has been the leading influence on Trump’s energy policy during the campaign. According to Politico “Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm has long been seen as a leading candidate for energy secretary. The fight to protect ANWR has been an uphill fight.

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