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The National Wilderness Preservation System now includes more than 800 congressionally designated wilderness areas totaling more than 110 million acres in 44 states and PuertoRico. For example, hunting is not permitted in most NPS wilderness areas, but it is often allowed in wilderness areas managed by the other agencies.
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and they are located in every state as well as PuertoRico, the U.S. But when taken as a whole, the impact of the Refuge System is truly profound, supporting population-level numbers of numerous bird species. The reason is twofold, size and mission. The combination is potent.
And, honestly, I feel a little guilty saying that traveling to PuertoRico, Austria, and the Bahamas so far in 2017 is what has kept me from seeing not only a Great Gray Owl but New York’s first Clark’s Grebe and the young Ross’s Gull that was visiting Tupper Lake. Why did we stop for lunch!?!?!)
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