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Sage Grouse — The Other Kind of Listing

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A week ago today, the federal government proposed a “threatened” listing for the Greater Sage Grouse in Nevada and California , as part of a larger study considering whether the species as a whole should be listed. I am a great lover of these gallinaceous birds, though my encounters with them have been but brief.

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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding – A Book Review

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And, Essay #195, “Our Human Values: The Ugly,” describes the standoff between catfish loving Double-crested Cormorants and catfish farmers in the Missouri Valley. I’m not sure if “the Ugly” refers to the cormorant itself or human reaction (catfish farmers are officially allowed to shoot the birds).

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Leading through a crisis: 5 factors for success

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Make time for human connection. Ari Kalechstein is a licensed psychologist and the president and CEO of Executive Mental Health, which provides clinical psychology and neuropsychology services in California and Nevada. In times of crisis, people are scared, sometimes lonely, and searching for ways to remain interconnected.

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The A-Team

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The American part of the A-Team includes the American Robin (Reno, Nevada). The Acorn Woodpecker (Reno, Nevada) is presumably named this way because the red spot on his head looks a tiny bit like an acorn (I know. The actual line for the toilets. After the festival, it feels good to clean yourself in the sea. Still, there are a few.

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ALF Activists Burn Company That Sells Animals for Research

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From the site: In the early morning hours of May 18th, four incendiary devices were planted at Scientific Resources International, a supplier of non-humyn primates for use in vivisection labs all over northern Nevada. Here is one little blurb I found out about them from the University of Wisconsin: Scientific Resources International, Ltd.

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