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Protect Crucial Wetlands for Ducklings
Pintail Ducklings Need Our Help Speak up to protect pintails’ wetlands from destruction >> Dear Jeff, We may only have a few days left to protect wetlands for ducklings for the next five years! Northern Pintail ducks prefer to nest … Continue reading
YOUR HELP NEEDED TO PROTECT KIT CARSON PARK
Just Agree to be Kept Informed. The group, FRIENDS OF KIT CARSON PARK, was formed several months ago following successful community action that blocked a disastrous proposal for a loud, gaudy, sprawling waterpark there. A great deal of sensitive of … Continue reading
Audubon California News — Urge Gov. Brown to Sign Bill to Protect Condor
AUDUBON CALIFORNIA NEWS September 2013 Audubon California and its partners celebrated a big win earlier this week when our bill aimed at protecting birds and people from toxic lead left behind in the environment passed out of the State Legislature … Continue reading
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Earth Overshoot Day: We Are Overstepping Nature’s Limits
Released: August 20, 2013 Overshoot Day reminds us that we are using natural resources faster than the Earth can replenish them. © NASA Today is Earth Overshoot Day—the day our demands on the planet’s natural resources exceed its capacity. Every … Continue reading
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Meet the World’s Weirdest Bird
Roseate Spoonbill (Photo by Rebecca Field) Shrinking Roseate Spoonbill Population Spurs Action Roger Tory Peterson called it “one of the most breathtaking of the world’s weirdest birds.” A century ago plumage hunters drove the Roseate Spoonbill to the edge of … Continue reading
Introducing American Birds: Your Citizen Science Newsletter
Welcome to the Apex of Bird Diversity The Andean Cock-of-the-rock. (Photo by bfick/Flickr Creative Commons) The Eastern slope of the Andes just south of the Equator may be the most species-rich bird habitat on the planet. Last year, participants in … Continue reading
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Deadly Wildfires Permanently Changing Arizona’s Desert Forest Wildlife Habitats?
Dean Peak Wildfire, Arizona (Bureau of Land Management/Herberta Schroeder) America’s worst wildfire-fighting tragedy in generations struck on Sunday as 19 firefighters were killed near Yarnell, Arizona. The impacts of the firestorm on wildlife and ecosystems … Continue reading
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Rare Thrushes are Losing Habitat to Climate Change
from Wildlife Promise 2 6/27/2013 // Kelly Senser // Bicknell’s thrush, climate change, migratory birds, New Hampshire Audubon, NWF affiliate Despite closing down in 1984, the Mittersill Ski Area in New Hampshire’s White Mountains never stopped attracting skiers. Wooed by … Continue reading
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