Birds
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Biofuel crops can be a big threat to wildlife, or not, as this article shows- Biofuel Grasslands Better for Birds. Science Daily.
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Safeguards needed to prevent population declines in the Whooping Crane and Greater Sage-Grouse, and reduce mass mortality among eagles and songbirds The American Bird Conservancy weighs in on wind farms and their concerns for many rare bird species. Wind Development Threatens Iconic American Birds. American Bird Conservancy Press Release
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Some “physical trama” was cause- A very odd story. This happened 30 minutes before midnight on New Year’s Eve. More than 1,000 dead blackbirds fall from sky in Arkansas. AP in MSNBC
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Where NOT to hastily site an Industrial-scale Wind Energy Project Just north of Great Basin National Park, east of Ely in Eastern Nevada, lies a public landscape called Spring Valley. Spring Valley is a miraculous place, renowned for its magnificent skies and as critical habitat for sagebrush obligate species such as sage grouse and pygmy…
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The Skunks and Badgers leave island with pelicans. The plan to introduce skunks and badgers to an island in Eastern Idaho’s Blackfoot River Reservoir so that they would prey on pelican eggs has failed because the skunks and badgers have left the island. Badgers, skunks to F&G: Thanks but no thanks to island plan. By…
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Will the petrocracy — and greens — keep Wyoming from realizing its windy potential? Wind power is not a popular thing in Wyoming for some and very popular for others. It is very unpopular for advocates for sage grouse and other birds. Wind resistance. High Country News
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Is this a violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act? After being told by the US Fish and Wildlife Service that their plan to oil the eggs of nesting pelicans amounted to an eradication program, the Idaho Fish and Game has proceeded to introduce skunks and badgers onto Gull Island in Blackfoot Reservoir to eat…