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A new report on one of the world’s
bird biodiversity hotspots in Peru finds that most of
the species at greatest risk there currently have little
or no protected habitat. Conservation groups now plan
to use the report to guide land protection efforts in
the region. August 6, 2009. View
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Future Looks Brighter for One of
World's Most Threatened Birds: Reserve Created for Niceforo's
Wren – Just 50 Birds Remain. American Bird Conservancy,
its Colombian partner Fundación ProAves, and
World Land Trust–US have taken a significant step forward
in their efforts to protect the Niceforo's Wren, a Critically
Endangered bird restricted to the last remnants of dry
forest in the Chicamocha Valley of the eastern Andes
of Colombia. June 23, 2009. View
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Rare Blue Parrot Back from the Brink
of Extinction. The Lear’s Macaw, a striking blue
parrot found in Brazil, has been downlisted from Critically
Endangered (the highest threat category) to Endangered
as a direct result of conservation action, according to
the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. June 9, 2009.
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Peru Recognizes Private Conservation
Areas on Community Lands in High Andes. Project to Conserve
and Restore Endangered Forest Fragments Saves Rare Birds
and Boosts the Quality of Life for Communities. May 20,
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Groundbreaking Study Reveals Rare
Bird’s Remarkable Journey. May 6, 2009. View
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Endangered Socorro Doves Arrive at
the Albuquerque Zoo: Species Extinct in the Wild to
be Bred for Return to Its Native Island. November
20, 2008. View Release |
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New Reserve and Nest Box Success Offer
Hope for Eventual Reintroduction of Endangered Thick-billed
Parrots to the U.S. November 19, 2008. View
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First Protected Area Established for
Critically Endangered Blue-throated Macaw. October 31,
2008. View Release.
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President Bush Asks Congress to Ratify
Key International Conservation Treaty. September 29, 2008.
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Last Refuge of Newly Rediscovered
Fuertes’s Parrot Saved by Conservationists: Last
Refuge of Newly Rediscovered Fuertes’s Parrot Saved
by Conservationists. March 5, 2008. View
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Spectacular Bird Reserve Opens to
Tourists. February 13, 2008. View
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Last Stand for Imperiled Brazilian
Atlantic Biodiversity Ark. December 6, 2007. View
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Four Seasons’ Hotel Chain Threatens
Grenada’s National Bird with Extinction. October
18, 2007. View
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Lear’s Macaw Making a Remarkable
Comeback in Protected Reserve: New Survey Finds Species
on Brink of Extinction Growing in Numbers – Now
Up to 750 birds. July 18, 2007. View
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Little-Explored Ecosystem
Yields First Photos of "Smiling" Bird and Rare Parakeet:
Image of Virgin Mary Saves Rare Bird Sanctuary in
South America. June 26, 2007. View
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Next U.S. Species to go Extinct May
be Two Hawaiian Birds : Global Warming Heightens Threat
to Their Survival. April 25, 2007. View
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Long Sought After Bird Spotted in
Peruvian Nature Reserve: Endangered species known
only from captured individuals seen in wild for first
time. March 22, 2007. View
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Chevron Abandons Plans for LNG Plant
in Biodiversity Hotspot Ruling May Help Xantus’s
Murrelet. March 13, 2007. View
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Land Purchase Helps to Save Endangered
Parrot. March 5, 2007. View
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Mitsubishi Foundation Grant Protects
Coastal Wetlands in Mexico Leverages Funds for Critical
Restoration Work. February 16, 2007. View
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Recently Discovered Species Gains
Protection: New Forest Reserve Created for Colombian
Rarities. January 18, 2007. View
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EU Permanently Bans Imports of Wild
Birds: Conservation Groups Hail Ban that Will Save
Millions of Birds a Year. January 8, 2007. View
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Four Season Resort Spells Doom for
Grenada's National Bird. January 8, 2007. View
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Spectacular Hummingbird Protected
by First Conservation Easement in Northern Peru. July
18, 2006. View
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Race to Halt Global Amphibian Crisis
Boosted by Rediscovery
of Endangered Frogs in Colombia: New Protected Area
Proves Timely In Fight Against Fungus Epidemic. June
6, 2006. View
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Crucial Site for Endangered Frogs
and Birds Saved: Conservation Partners Join Forces
to Protect Mountain Habitat Slated for Development.
April 3, 2006. View
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First South American Reserve for North
American Songbird. August 17, 2005. View
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"Extinct" Bird Rediscovered
in Mexico: Scientists Thrilled By First Confirmed
Sighting in Almost A Decade. July 9, 2004. View
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"Missing" South American
Parrot Rediscovered After 90 years, Photographed
For the First Time. July 28, 2003. View
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Scientists to Investigate Impacts
of Wind Energy on Migratory Wildlife: Industry and conservation
representatives set research priorities. July 23, 2009.
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House Hearing Raises Profile of Key
Bird Conservation Initiative, Proposes New Bills to Protect
Migratory Birds. May 13, 2009. View
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Administration Moves to Restore Endangered
Species Act. April 28, 2009. View
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Petitioners Urge Federal Communications
Commission to Protect Millions of Migratory Birds. April
14, 2009. View Release |
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Senate Bill Introduced to Conserve
Rapidly Disappearing Migratory Birds. April 7, 2009. View
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Earth Hour: Turning Lights Off Reduces
Greenhouse Emissions, Protects Migratory Birds American
Bird Conservancy Says: Please Keep Them Off during Spring
and Fall Migration. March 27, 2009. View
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Secretary Salazar Releases Study Showing
Widespread Declines in Bird Populations, Highlights Role
of Partnerships in Conservation. March 20, 2009. View
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Maryland Plan to Limit Horseshoe Crab
Harvest Will Help Save Rapidly Declining Shorebird Population.
March 17, 2009. View Release |
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Despite Record Population, Lead Contamination
Still Hindering California Condor’s Recovery. March
3, 2009. View Release |
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Fishermen Work to Keep Birds Off the
Hook. February 12, 2009. View
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Statement from American Bird Conservancy
on the Appointments of the Secretaries of Interior and
Energy, and Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency. December 16, 2008. View
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New Regulation Opens Loophole in Endangered
Species Act. December 11, 2008. View
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Agency Initiates Process to Delist
Threatened Marbled Murrelet: Move Threatens Rapidly
Declining Species and Its Old Growth Forest Habitat.
October 2, 2008. View Release |
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Agency Proposes Listing Two Hawaiian
Birds on Brink of Extinction under Endangered Species
Act: Agency Unveils New Approach to Ecosystem-based
Approach to Listing and Designating Critical Habitat.
September 30, 2008. View
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Senate Bill Introduced to Conserve
Rapidly Disappearing Migratory Birds. September 17, 2008.
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Fisheries Regulators Choose Short-term
Economic Interest Over Species Survival. August 22, 2008.
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Congressional Hearing Today Investigates
Declining Bird Populations. July 9, 2008. View
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Congress Acts to Save Migratory Birds:
Report Highlights 71 Migratory Species of Conservation
Concern; Alarming Population Declines in 29 Songbird Species.
June 11, 2008. View
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Bird Studies Implicate Lead Bullet
Residues as a Possible Threat to Human Health. April 30,
2008. View Release |
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Legislation Introduced to Conserve
Rapidly Disappearing Migratory Birds. April 14, 2008.
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New Jersey Legislature Approves
Measure to Protect Endangered Red Knots: Ban on
Horseshoe Crab Harvest Helps Restore Crab and Bird Populations.
March 18, 2008. View
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Groups Seek Emergency Listing of Red
Knot Under Endangered Species Act: Data in scientific
report highlights need for immediate action February
28, 2008. View Release |
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Federal Court Orders Cell Tower Safeguards
for Migrating Birds: Decision could save millions
of birds killed each year in tower collisions February
19, 2008 View
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House
Passes Bill to Curb Invasive Species Devastating National
Wildlife Refuges: Invasives Destroying Habitat,
Endangering Wildlife October 23, 2007. View
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Horseshoe Crab Decision Threatens
Red Knots. October 18, 2007. View
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Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Bill
to Protect Endangered California Condors. October 13,
2007. View
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California Votes to Protect Endangered
Condors by Banning Lead Ammunition. September 5, 2007.
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House Passes Bird-Friendly Interior
Bill: Spending Increases Approved for Conserving Migratory
Songbirds & State Wildlife Grants. June 28, 2007.
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Bald Eagle to be Removed from Endangered
Species List: Growing Population Heralds Conservation
Success. June 27, 2007. View
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Wind Energy Regulations Needed to
Protect Birds. June 6, 2007. View
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Renewal of Tax Credits for Wind Energy
Should Require Protections for Birds and Bats. April 30,
2007. View
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IPCC Report: Global Warming Threatens
Many Bird Species with Extinction: Protecting Forest
Habitats an Important Part of the Global Warming Solution
Scientists Say. April 6, 2007. View
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"Canaries in the Coalmine"
Show Global Warming Causing Harm to Wildlife. February
7, 2007. View
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Lead Paint in New National Marine
Monument Poisoning Thousands of Albatrosses: American
Bird Conservancy Told Federal Funds Not Available for
Cleanup on Midway Atoll. December 12, 2006. View
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Delaware Imposes 2-Year Moratorium
on Horseshoe Crab Take. November 21, 2006. View
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Federal Communications Commission
Announces Rulemaking that Could Protect Millions of Migratory
Birds. November 3, 2006. View
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U.S. Senate Passes Crucial Legislation
to Protect Migratory Birds: Bill now winging its way
to the President to be signed into law. September
30, 2006. View
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Senate Passes Fisheries Legislation,
Protects Seabirds. June 19, 2006. View
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House Passes Key Migratory Songbird
Bill. May 17, 2006. View
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Federal Communications Commission
to Decide the Fate of Millions of Migratory Birds. April
11, 2006. View
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Strong Federal Funding Bill for America's
Migratory Songbirds Passes Crucial Committee Vote. March
29, 2006. View
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Atlantic States Propose Two-Year Ban
on Horseshoe Crab Take: Imperiled Shorebirds to Benefit.
November 11, 2005. View
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Avian Influenza Spreads: Role of Wild
Birds Debated. October 26, 2005. View
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No Protection for Aliens, Declares
U.S. Government. December 10, 2004. View
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Hawaiian Bird Likely Extinct: Government
Must Act Now to Prevent Dozens More Losses. December 1,
2004. View
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Conservationists Hail Decision to
Protect Prehistoric Creature and Imperiled Bird. February
28, 2003. View
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Bush Administration Assault on Endangered
Species Act: Action Would Remove Critical Review for Pesticides.
January 28, 2003. View
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Environmental Groups File Petition
Demanding Halt to All Construction of Communication Towers
in Gulf Coast - Say Threat to Birds Must be Addressed.
August 27, 2002. View
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Settlement a Victory for Beleagured
Caspian Terns: Agreement Protects World's Largest Colony
of America's Biggest Tern. March 8, 2002. View
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New Report: LONGLINE FISHING THREATENS
WORLD’S ALBATROSSES AND OTHER BIRDS WITH EXTINCTION:
64 species impacted; US Fisheries Involved. February
4, 2002. View
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Eyesore towers also a hazard to birds.
April 18, 2001. View
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New Report Documents Hundreds of Thousands
of Birds Killed at Communications Towers: 230 Species,
including 52 rare or declining, killed in tower collisions.
June 29, 2000. View
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Twenty Years Later Many Bird Species
Still Have Not Recovered from Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.
March 23, 2009. View Release |
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Habitat For The Declining Cerulean
Warbler And Other Wildlife Conserved In Ozarks. December
10, 2008. View Release |
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Conservation Groups Move to Rebuild
Spotted Owl Population and Protect Old-Growth Forests:
Effort begun to reverse weak habitat protection and
flawed recovery plan in Pacific Northwest. November
24, 2008. View Release |
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Endangered Hawaiian Species Given
Short Shrift Over Recovery Spending: Report Finds
Conservation Needs of Dozens of Endangered Hawaiian Birds
Not Being Met. September 18, 2008. View
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Smoke and Mirrors Plan for Spotted
Owl Ignores Science. May 16, 2008. View
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Conservationists Hope to Turn Abandoned
Coal Mining Lands into Bird Havens: Tree Planting
to Restore Forested Habitat for the Cerulean Warbler and
Other Declining Bird Species. April 9, 2008.
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More Than One-Quarter of United States
Birds Need Urgent Conservation Action: WatchList 2007
Identifies Species at Greatest Risk. November 28,
2007. View
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New Book Identifies, For the First
Time, the 500 Most Important Bird Areas in the United
States. November 18, 2003. View
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America's 500 Most Important Bird
Areas Identified, Mapped for the First Time. August 9,
2002. View
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Forty years later, Bodega Bay, Location
of Alfred Hitchcock’s Classic Movie, "The Birds",
is named Globally Important for Bird Conservation. December
10, 2001. View
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American Bird Conservancy has announced
the designation of the first 100 most Globally Important
Bird Areas. June 26, 2001. View
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American Bird Conservancy Petitions
EPA to Ban Import of Food Containing Deadly Pesticide
Residues. August 4, 2009. View
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EPA Bans Deadly Pesticide Responsible
for Millions of Bird Deaths. May 11, 2009. View
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EPA Issues Landmark Decision to Prohibit
Deadly Pesticide Carbofuran Residues on Food Decision
Will Improve Human Safety and End Poisonings of Birds.
July 24, 2008. View Release |
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EPA Limits Uses of Toxic Rat Poisons:
Children, Pets, Birds and Other Wildlife to Benefit
. May 29, 2008. View
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EPA to Restrict Use of Dangerous Pesticide:
Limitations Placed on Aldicarb to Reduce Bird Poisonings,
Safeguard Drinking Water. October 31, 2007. View
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Pesticides and Wildlife 45 years after
Silent Spring: Steady Progress Being Made but Harm
Continues. May 24, 2007. View
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Victory for Birds, Wildlife and Kids:
EPA to Put Limits on Toxic Rat Poisons. January
17, 2007. View
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Pesticide Ban Follows Millions of
Bird Deaths. August 3, 2006. View
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New Report: Endangered Species Act
Saving America's Birds: 63% of Species Increasing
or Stable; Several have Grown More than Tenfold.
March 16, 2006. View
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Proposed Changes To Endangered Species
Act To Benefit Chemical Giants. January 29, 2004. View
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Bush Administration Assault on Endangered
Species Act: Action Would Remove Critical Review for Pesticides.
January 28, 2003. View
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Groups Sue EPA to Protect Florida
Wildlife from Bird-Killing Pesticide. October 28, 2002.
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West Nile Bird Vaccine Breakthrough.
September 20, 2002. View
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Conservation Groups Prevent Use of
Eagle-killing Pesticide EPA Reverses Decision to Allow
Granular Carbofuran on Louisiana Rice. July 29, 2002.
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Louisiana Request for Toxic Pesticide
Prompts Unprecedented Reaction from Conservation Community.
July 8, 2002. View
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EPA Reverses Decade-old Decision to
Allow Resumption of Bird-Killing Pesticide Use. June 28,
2002. View
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Environmental Groups Serve EPA With
Notice to Sue Over Bird Deaths. January 29, 2002. View
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Conservation Groups Fund Research
for West Nile Virus Vaccine. July 6, 2001. View
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The Ballad of Bandette: Oldest
Known Endangered Piping Plover Faces Death From Chemical
Poisoning. January 11, 2001. View
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Florida Pesticide Kills Great Lakes’
Migrant Birds. November 13, 2000. View
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Spraying pesticides to combat West
Nile virus, the wrong response. October 23, 2000. View
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One of world’s most toxic pesticides
cancelled . October 17, 2000. View
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EPA Decision Prevents
Pesticide Threat to Birds: Successful campaign,
led by the American Bird Conservancy, halts hazardous
pesticide. March 16, 2000. View
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Study Finds Outdoor Cats Easy Prey
for Coyotes, Recommends Keeping Cats Indoors. July 2,
2009. View
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New Film Shows Failure of Popular
Stray Cat Management Program, Highlights Damage to Birds
from Trap, Neuter, and Release. July 1, 2009. View
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Online Survey Tracks Predators' Impact
on Wild Birds. June 6, 2007. View
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New Report Documents First Ever Multi-State
Review of Feral Cat Impacts on Birds. August 30, 2006.
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Florida Cat Policy to be Decided Next
Week; Conservation Groups Support State Proposal. May
22, 2003. View
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"Managed" Cat Colonies in
Parks Harmful to Birds and Other Wildlife New Study Shows.
June 18, 2001. View
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Ten Year Old Wins Nationwide Poster
Competition for Third Annual National Keep Your Cat Indoors
Day. May 7, 2001. View
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Children’s Poster Competition
Kicks-Off National Keep Your Cat Indoors Day,Alerts Pet
Owners to Hazards of Free-Roaming Cats. January 30, 2001.
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Ten Year Old Wins Poster Competition
for National Keep Your Cat Indoors Day. May 9, 2000. View
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Earth Hour: Turning Lights Off Reduces
Greenhouse Emissions, Protects Migratory Birds: American
Bird Conservancy Says: Please Keep Unnecessary Lights
Off during Spring and Fall Migration. March 26, 2008.
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American Bird Conservancy Launches
Bird News Network. December 13, 2007. View
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Leon Levy Foundation Donates $437,000
Grant to Support Major Bird Conservation Initiatives:
Grant Will Reduce Mortality of Birds Killed in Collisions
with Man-Made Structures. November 2, 2007. View
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Petition Filed to Protect Two Hawaiian
Birds on Brink of Extinction: Groups Call for Listing
under Endangered Species Act. October 12, 2007. View
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American Bird Conservancy Report Documents
Top 20 Most Threatened Bird Habitats: Multi-Billion
Dollar Benefit of Bird Watching at Risk. February
8, 2007. View
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Robert Wilson Pledges $1 Million to
Halt Bird Extinctions. November 28, 2006. View
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American Bird Conservancy Announces
New Director of Public Relations. November 26, 2006. View
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