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Saving the Spotted Owl—Zalea’s Story: A KidLit Bird Book Review

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That issue aside, SAVING THE SPOTTED OWL—ZALEA’S STORY is a detailed nonfiction picture book with a view expands from one specific owl, to Spotted Owls in general, to conservation efforts via breeding centers to save other endangered species. If you think that picture books are just for little kids, think again.

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Whooping Crane at Joe Overstreet Road

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Continuing to release more birds into an environment that could not sustain them was a losing strategy. Trips cranes endangered species Joe Overstreet Road Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival Whooping Cranes' That is special, more so than any other sighting of any other bird that I’ve experienced. ….

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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). The wood stork was listed as endangered in 1984, because the Florida population was dropping at an approximate rate of 5 percent per year. Conservation'

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

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To protect this woodpecker and the post-fire ecosystems it depends on throughout California, in September 2010 the Center for Biological Diversity and the John Muir Project petitioned to list the bird under the California Endangered Species Act, earning it “candidate” status in the state, which does offer some protections for the bird.

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The Endangered Andean Flamingo

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The highly specialized foraging strategy of flamingos makes them vulnerable to the effect of subtle changes in habitat quality. Despite the long history of impacts and steady population decline, the Andean Flamingo has been declared endangered as recent as September 2010.

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Edward’s Pheasant

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If the threats to the species in the wild (hunting and habitat loss) are significantly reduced, a captive-bred population could be re-introduced, if agreed as part of an overall recovery strategy.

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Getting to Know Your National Wildlife Refuge: Comprehensive Conservation Plans

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The CCP also identifies challenges, whether endangered species, invasive plants, fish, or animals, pollution from adjacent lands, encroaching development, or any number of others. Chapter 2 (“Management Direction”) discusses management goals, objectives, and strategy.

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