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Feral Cat Colonies Present Perfect Storm of Rabies Risk
September 21, 2011 |
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Feral Cat Resolution on Hold in Hawai'i's Kaua'i County
June 28, 2011. View Release |
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New Study Highlights Dramatic Impact of Cats on Young Birds in Washington, D.C. Suburbs
March 14, 2011. View Release |
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Economic Impact of Feral Cat Predation on Birds at $17 Billion. December 8, 2010. View Release |
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Young Birds, Rabbits and Other Newborn Wildlife Easy Prey for Cats. June 23, 2010. View Release |
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Reports of Rabid Cat Attacks Highlight the Severe Public Health Consequences of Feral Cat Colonies. April 27, 2010. View Release |
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Conservation Groups Win Lawsuit to Halt Program Releasing Feral Cats in Los Angeles. December 08, 2009. View Release |
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Study Finds Outdoor Cats Easy Prey
for Coyotes, Recommends Keeping Cats Indoors. July 2,
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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. View Release |
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Florida Cat Policy to be Decided Next
Week; Conservation Groups Support State Proposal. May
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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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Actions To Protect Kaua‘i’s Imperiled Seabirds Finally Underway
September 26, 2011 |
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Arizona Sonoran Desert Bald Eagle Removed From Endangered Species List
September 20, 2011 |
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Release of Nihoa Millerbirds on Laysan Island Offers
New Hope for Critically Endangered Species
September 19, 2011 |
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Endangered Short-tailed Albatross Killed by Fishing Boat Off the Coast of Oregon
September 9, 2011 |
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Endangered Hawaiian Songbird Hatched in Artificial Nest Box - Raises Hope for Species’ Survival
September 6, 2011 |
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Historic Expedition Seeks To Create a Second Population of the
Critically Endangered Nihoa Millerbird
September 2, 2011 |
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Study Shows Population of Three Endangered Hawaiian Waterbirds on the Rise
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Murre Seabird Chicks Hatch for the First Time in 100 Years
on Channel Islands
August 24, 2011. |
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Washington Western Bluebird Reintroduction Effort a Success!
August 11, 2011. View Release |
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Leading Bird Conservation Group Hails New Federal Lead Clean-up
of Midway Island.
August 5, 2011. View Release |
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Survey Reveals Steep, Three-Year Decline of Tricolored Blackbirds Despite Conservation Efforts in California.
August 4, 2011. View Release |
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Initiate Listing of Red Knots
July 12, 2011. View Release |
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Fourth of July Beach-Goers Asked to Give Beach-Nesting Birds a Break
June 30, 2011. View Release |
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Three Arrested for Illegally Trafficking in Eagle and Migratory Bird Remains
June 27, 2011. View Release |
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First Short-tailed Albatross Born In U.S. Fledges
June 24, 2011. View Release |
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Golden-winged Warbler May Be Proposed for ESA Listing
June 9, 2011. View Release |
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Axis Deer on Big Island, Hawaii A New Threat to Native Birds, Agriculture, Natural Resources
June 2, 2011. View Release |
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Appalachian Reforestation Project Recognized in First Presidential Migratory Bird Stewardship Award
May 31, 2011. View Release |
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Years of Advocacy to Protect Kauai’s Imperiled Seabirds Pay Off
May 17, 2011. View Release |
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Second Wave of Mystery Pelican Deaths Hits Topsail Beach, NC
May 11, 2011. View Release |
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First Predator-Proof Fence in Hawaiꞌi Completed – Shearwaters, Albatrosses, Other Birds to Benefit
May 11, 2011. View Release |
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New Gulf Coast Conservation Project to Protect Beach-Nesting Birds in Five States
April 25, 2011. View Release |
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Migrating Birds Could Use a Helping Hand - Ten Ways People Can Protect Birds This Spring
April 21, 2011. View Release |
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Bird May be Key to Survival of Declining Northwest Tree
April 12, 2011. View Release |
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Critical Habitat for Snowy Plover May More Than Double Under New Proposal
March 31, 2011. View Release |
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Second Oldest Alaskan Bald Eagle Electrocuted on Power Line. February 24, 2011. View Release |
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Science and Conservation Organizations Send Letter Supporting Florida Keys Predator Management Plan
February 16, 2011. View Release |
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Dakota Grassland Conservation Area Proposed
February 9, 2011. View Release |
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Endangered Bird Hatches on U.S. Soil for First Time in Recorded History
January 24, 2011. View Release |
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Over 200 Pelicans Wash Up Dead at Topsail Beach, NC. January 21, 2011. View Release |
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Massive Six-State Habitat Restoration Project Sees Progress. January 12, 2011. View Release |
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Wind Development Threathens Iconic American Birds. December 30, 2010. View Release |
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$6 Million Settlement for Resource Damages from Buzzards Bay Oil Spill
December 20, 2011. View Release |
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First Significant Changes to Alaska’s Fishery Observer Program in 15 Years Will Aid Threatened Seabirds
December 17, 2011. View Release |
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Endangered Short-tailed Albatross Nests in U.S. for First Time. December 17, 2010. View Release |
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Science Review Raises Doubts about Spotted Owl Plan.
December 16, 2010. View Release |
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Predator-Proof Fence Will Bring Natural Balance Back to Key Hawaiian Natural Area. November 23, 2010. View Release |
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American Wild Birds in Trouble; New Book Provides Hope for Future.
November 4, 2010. View Release |
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Conservation Scientists Release Global Strategy to Halt Extinctions as Nations Meet to Decide Future of Biodiversity. October 20, 2010. View Release |
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Agreement Reached In Kaua‘i Seabird Suit. October 19, 2010. View Release |
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Gunnison Sage Grouse ‘Warranted but Precluded’ Decision Another Disappointment, Says Leading Bird Conservation Group. September 27, 2010. View Release |
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New Survey Reveals Further Decline of Endangered Hawaiian Songbird - Conservation Actions Ramp. September 14, 2010. View Release |
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Conservation Groups Join Forces to Save Rare Cerulean Warbler. September 9, 2010. View Release |
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World's Rarest Wild Macaw to Benefit From Land Purchase for Conservation. September 2, 2010. View Release |
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Prized Bird and Wildlife Area in Amazon Headwaters Purchased With Help of American Bird Conservancy. August 26, 2010. View Release |
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Many Gulf Spill Cleanup Efforts Ineffective and Harming, Helping Birds. July 19, 2010. View Release |
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Arizona Masked Bobwhite Habitat to Get Extreme Makeover. June 28, 2010. View Release |
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Wading Bird Nesting Population in South Florida Up Significantly. June 1, 2010. View Release |
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National Bird Conservations Group Opposes Texas Coal Plant. May 25, 2010. View Release |
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Hawaiian Resort Sued Over Seabird Deaths Starwood Hotel for over one-quarter of downed Newell's Shearwaters on Kaua'i. May 1, 2010. View Release |
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Answers Found to Pelican Mass Stranding Mystery. March 08, 2010. View Release |
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American Bird Conservancy Urges No Net Loss of Sagebrush. March 05, 2010. View Release |
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Groups Threaten Luxury Hawaiian Resort with Lawsuit Over Seabird Deaths. March 04, 2010. View Release |
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Three California Condors Die from Lead Poisoning. March 03, 2010. View Release |
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Lead Paint Kills Thousands of Rare Seabirds on Midway - Outrage Must End Now Say Conservation Groups. February 03, 2010. View Release |
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Contaminants Continue to Pose Threat to Osprey in Chesapeake Bay. February 01, 2010. View Release |
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Selenium a Threat to Ducks at the Great Salt Lake. December 17, 2009. View Release |
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Hawaiian Songbird Named One of America’s Hottest Species. December 1, 2009. View Release |
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Barbed Wire Fences Take Significant Toll on Imperiled Greater Sage-Grouse, New Study Finds. November 25, 2009. View Release |
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Big Wins for Birds on National Forests. November 06, 2009. View Release |
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Green Jobs Plan to Restore Forests Will Benefit Cerulean Warblers and Other Birds.
October 28, 2009. View Release |
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Private landowners are stepping up to help a number of cavity-nesting bird species of conservation concern. In many areas of the West, there is a shortage of large snags (dead trees) needed by many species of cavity-nesters, including the Flammulated Owl, and Lewis’s and White-headed Woodpeckers as a result of forest management practices of post-fire logging and removing dead and dying trees. September 11, 2009. View Release |
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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. View Release |
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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,
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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
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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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Peruvian Postage Stamps Feature Endangered Birds
October 20, 2011 |
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Two Shorebirds Tracked by Satellite Over Thousands of Miles, Killed by Hunters at Unregulated 'Shooting Swamps' in Guadalupe
September 21, 2011 |
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New Bird Species for Bolivia
September 2, 2011. |
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Birds to Benefit from Rat Eradication on Pacific Island
August 22, 2011. View Release |
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New Reserve in Peru Protects Birds, Plant and Frog Species
August 15, 2011. View Release |
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First Endowment to Aid Community-Owned Bird Reserves in Peruvian Andes
June 30, 2011. View Release |
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Five-Year Invasive Plant Eradication Effort To Start on Midway’s Eastern Island
June 29, 2011. View Release |
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Efforts to Save Bird Once Thought Extinct Rewarded by Lowering of Species' Threat Status
June 7, 2011. View Release |
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Spectacular Rat Rediscovered after 113 Years – First Ever Photographs Taken
May 18, 2011. View Release |
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Birders on Cruise to Chile Hit Jackpot, Likely Discover New Bird Species May 2, 2011. View Release |
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Three New Protected Areas Established in Mexico’s Yucatán Region
April 29, 2011. View Release |
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Rare Cerulean Warbler To Benefit from New Colombian Conservation Easements
March 1, 2011. View Release |
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Rare Bird Captured for First Time. February 28, 2011. View Release |
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Colombian Bird Reserve Aids Globally Threatened Species. January 10, 2011. View Release |
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Numbers of Once-Thought Extinct Parrot Reach 12-Year High in Colombia
January 5, 2011. View Release |
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Rare Bird Protected by Groundbreaking Land Deal in Peru. December 9, 2010. View Release |
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American Tourists Glimpse Mysterious Peruvian Owl. November 30, 2010. View Release |
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World Governments Agree on Zero Extinction Target at Convention On Biological Diversity Conference in Nagoya, Japan. November 1, 2010. View Release |
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New Land Acquisition Protects Endangered Wildlife and Historic Site in Colombia. September 22, 2010. View Release |
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First Ever, Full Photograph of Rare Bird Taken in Wild. July 20, 2010. View Release |
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Canadian Tar Sands Company Found Guilty in Deaths of Over 1,600 Waterfoul Sets International Example in Prosecuting Bird Deaths Due to Industry Negligence. July 15, 2010. View Release |
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Alliance for Zero Extinction and the Convention on Biologival Diversity Join Forces. June 11, 2010. View Release |
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Peruvian Government Ramps up Habitat Protection for Endangered Bird Species. May 27, 2010.
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Parrot Once Thought Extinct Now Numbers Over 1,000 - Huge Enviornmental Victory for Colombia. May 26, 2010. View Release |
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New Species of Bird Discovered, Named After Conservationist Family. May 20, 2010. View Release |
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Bright Spots Evident Despite New Study Revealing Discouraging Loss of Global Biodiversity. April 29, 2010. View Release |
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First Ever Photograph Confirms Colombian Hummingbird. April 5, 2010. View Release |
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Bolivan Communities Unite to Form Two Large New Protected Areas for Rare Red-fronted Macaw. March 24, 2010. View Release |
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New Population of Very Rare, Long-whiskered Owlet Discovered in Peru. March 19, 2010. View Release |
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New Protected Areas in Bolivia Offer Refuge for Rare Red-fronted Macaw. February 25, 2010. View Release |
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New International Tourism Initiative Launched To Save Endangered Birds. February 17, 2010. View Release |
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New Refuge to Protect Migratory and Resident Birds in the Dominican Republic. October 20, 2009. View Release |
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The Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative (ARRI), American Bird Conservancy’s Colombian Partner Fundación ProAves, and the Cerulean Warbler Technical Group (CWTG) invited high school science and Spanish teachers to participate in a pen-pal program to link students aged 14-16 from the Appalachians of the United States with students in the Andes of Colombia. September 3, 2009. View Release |
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The island of Santiago, the fourth largest island in the Galapagos Archipelago, has been declared officially goat-free. Feral goats were released on the 226-square-mile island in the 1920s. The goat population exploded, and by the 1990s the goats had destroyed much of the shrub and tree vegetation in the sensitive highlands of the island. August 25, 2009 View Release |
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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. View Release |
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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,
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President Bush Asks Congress to Ratify
Key International Conservation Treaty. September 29, 2008. View Release |
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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
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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
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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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Buildings Using Bird-Friendly Design Now Eligible for LEED Credit
October 31, 2011 |
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Massive Bird Kill at West Virginia Wind Farm Highlights National Issue
October 28, 2011 |
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San Francisco Mayor Approves New Standards for Bird-Safe Buildings
October 12, 2011 |
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Critical Habitat Revised for Marbled Murrelet in Northwest
October 7, 2011 |
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FWS To Consider Endangered Species Act Protection for Three Birds
October 6, 2011 |
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Proposed Plan for a Forest in Washington State Weakens Protections for Northern Spotted Owl; Sets Bad Precedent for Northwest Forest Management
September 28, 2011 |
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Latest Federal Guidelines Fail to Make Wind Power Bird-Smart,
Break Federal Laws, and Rely on Unlikely Voluntary Compliance
September 20, 2011 |
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Video of Bald Eagle Crashing Into Football Stadium Window Highlights Need for Bird Friendly Building Designs
September 16, 2011 |
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Oil Companies Prosecuted for Avian Deaths
but Wind Companies Kill Birds With Impunity
September 7, 2011 |
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Federal Plan Could Determine Fate of Whooping Cranes in Wind Development Corridor: Local Residents Urged to Get Involved
August 29, 2011. |
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Hunting Seasons Starting Soon, Hunters Urged to Stock up on Non-Lead Bullets/Shot
August 8, 2011. View Release |
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BLM Announces New Sage-Grouse Conservation Strategy--
Conservationists Urge Agency to Address Multiple Threats to the Species
July 21, 2011. View Release |
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Agency Scientists Overruled by Energy Industry Pressure,
New Wind Guidelines a Step Backwards for Wildlife.
July 20, 2011. View Release |
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Bird Conservation Group Hails Iowa DNR Decision Prohibiting Use of Lead Shot for Dove Hunting
July 15, 2011. View Release |
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Planning Commission Approves New Bird-Safe Standards
for San Francisco Buildings
July 14, 2011. View Release |
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U.S. Judge Orders Better Protections for Endangered Species in California Forests
July 5, 2011. View Release |
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Northern Spotted Owl Plan Calls for Additional Habitat Protection
June 30, 2011. View Release |
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Red Knot Population Crashing; Listing Urgently Needed
June 15, 2011. View Release |
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$5.4 million Settlement Agreed to by Sinclair Refining and Wyoming
DEQ After Bird-Killing Spill
June 10, 2011. View Release |
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Six More California Condors Suffer Lead Poisoning From Ammo, Three Die
June 2, 2011. View Release |
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American Bird Conservancy Statement Regarding House Natural Resources Hearing on Renewable Energy
June 1, 2011. View Release |
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Growing Endorsements of Non-Toxic Ammunition Makes Congressional Support For Lead Bullets and Shot Untenable
May 20, 2011. View Release |
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Conservation Groups, Thousands of Citizens Call on Feds to Protect Birds from Wind Turbines
May 19, 2011. View Release |
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Landmark Trial Underway Over Worst Bird Killing Buildings in Toronto, Canada
May 16, 2011. View Release |
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State of the Birds Report Finds Public Lands Essential for Hundreds of Species
May 3, 2011. View Release |
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Proposed Legislation Would Prevent Millions of Bird Deaths
April 18, 2011. View Release |
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On Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon Spill, Bird Conservation Group Calls on BP to Install Bird-Friendly Lighting on Gulf Oil Platforms
April 15, 2011. View Release |
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New Study Points to Lead Ammunition as Primary Factor Limiting Condor Recovery
April 8, 2011. View Release |
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Dramatic Video Shows Bird Strike at Wind Turbine: One Bird Currently Killed Every Minute by Wind Power in the U.S.
April 5, 2011. View Release |
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Bird Group Says Cancellation of North Dakota Wind Farm Reflects Seriousness of Bird Issues
April 4, 2011. View Release |
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Pesticide Manufacturer Asks Supreme Court to Allow Deadly Pesticide to Remain on Market
March 30, 2011. View Release |
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Call for Public Debate on Wind Power after Misleading Industry Release on Bird Deaths
March 3, 2011. View Release |
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House Resolution Slashes Funding for Bird, Wildlife Protection. February 25, 2011. View Release |
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Death of Second Oldest Alaskan Bald Eagle Highlights Threats to Birds from Power Lines
February 24, 2011. View Release |
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Federal Agency Bans Lead Ammunition for Depredation Hunting of Birds
February 10, 2011. View Release |
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New Federal Guidelines on Wind Farm Will Not Stop Bird Deaths. February 8, 2011. View Release |
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Wind Power Could Kill Millions of Birds Per Year by 2030. February 2, 2011. View Release |
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Deliberate Poisoning and Shooting of Rusty Blackbird and Tamaulipas Crow to be Limited Following Conservation Concern for Species
January 20, 2011. View Release |
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Wind Development Threatens Iconic American Birds
December 29, 2011. View Release |
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Senate Asked to Require Wind Energy Producers to Comply With Federal Laws as Part of Tax Grants for Renewable Energy
December 16, 2010. View Release |
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American Bird Conservancy Warns of Impact to Bird Conservation Efforts if Key Funding Source is Not Renewed by Congress. December 15, 2010. View Release |
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Important Bird Areas to Benefit from Georgia-Pacific Forest Policy Shift. December 14, 2010. View Release |
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ABC Warns of Impact to Bird Conservation Efforts if Key Funding is Not Renewed by Congress. December 13, 2010. View Release |
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350 Ducks Die at Canadian Oil Facility Company Recently Fined for Past Bird Mortality Incidents. November 22, 2010. View Release |
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World Governments Agree on Zero Extinction Target. November 1, 2010. View Release |
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World Bank and G.E.F. Announce Support to End Extinctions. October 29, 2010. View Release |
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EPA Fails to Address Lead Poisoning of Wildlife, Then Announces Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. October 28, 2010. View Releases |
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Conservation Groups Urge Passage of New Bird-Safe Standards for San Francisco Buildings. October 18, 2010. View Release |
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Groups Challenge EPA Position on Lead Ammunition Petition Denial. September 9, 2010. View Release |
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EPA Denies Petition to Protect Wildlife From Toxic Lead-based Ammunition. August 31, 2010. View Release |
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Northern Aplomado Falcon Reintroduction in New Mexico Upheld by Courts. August 4, 2010. View Release |
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National Ban on Lead-based Ammunition, Fishing Tackle Sought to End Wildlife Poisoning - Lead Still a Potent Killer of Millions of Wild Birds, Health Risk for Humans. August 3, 2010. View Release |
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Appeals Court Quashes Migratory Bird Treaty Act Challenge. July 29, 2010. View Release |
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American Bird Conservancy Applauds Proposal to List Mountain Plover as Threatened. July 27, 2010. View Release |
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Houston-area Power Plant Opposed by ABC Halted by Courts. July 13, 2010. View Release |
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Bird Conservation Group Testifies Before Congress, Recommends Increased Environmental Science Studies, Says Oil Spill Impacts May Last Decades. June 11, 2010. View Release |
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Voluntary Federal Wind Farm Guideline Insufficient to Prevent Bird Impacts Says Bird Conservation Group. June 7, 2010. View Release |
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Bird Group Warns that Oiled Birds Found Onshore May Be a Fraction of the Total Toll on Birds From Gulf Spill. May 5, 2010. View Releases |
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Bird Conservation Group Releases List of Critial Sites Most at Risk from Gulf Oil Spill Demands Re-Assessment of Ecological Impacts of U.S. Energy Policy. View Release |
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New Online Brochure: How to Prevent Birds from Colliding with Home Windows/Doors. March 25, 2010. View Release |
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Last Gasp for Bird-Killing Chemical. March 23, 2010. View Release |
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Due to Population Decline and Energy Development, Sage-Grouse Listing Called for by American Bird Conservancy. February 23, 2010. View Release |
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Lead Paint Kills Thousands of Rare Seabirds on Midway. February 3, 2010. View Release |
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US Taking Action Enforce the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. January 14, 2010. View Release |
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Congress Dedicates Critical Funding to Help Hawaiian Species at Epicenter of Global Extinction Crisis. November 05, 2009. View Release |
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New Refuge to Protect Migratory and Resident Birds in the Dominican Republic. October 20, 2009. View Release |
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House Hears Testimony on Need for Legislation to Conserve Rapidly Disappearing Migratory Birds. September 22, 2009. View Release |
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Scientists to Investigate Impacts
of Wind Energy on Migratory Wildlife: Industry and conservation
representatives set research priorities. July 23, 2009. View Release |
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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. View Release |
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Fisheries Regulators Choose Short-term
Economic Interest Over Species Survival. August 22, 2008. View Release |
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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. View Release |
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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. View Release |
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House Passes Bird-Friendly Interior
Bill: Spending Increases Approved for Conserving Migratory
Songbirds & State Wildlife Grants. June 28, 2007. View Release |
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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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Groups Call for Immediate Withdrawal of Toxic Pesticides From Shelves Pending Cancellation Proceedings by EPA
June 13, 2011. View Release |
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American Bird Conservancy Announces Findings in Bird Feed Contamination Tests
April 14, 2011. View Release |
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Trumpeter Swans Dying from Lead Poisoning in Northwest U.S. and Canada
February 17, 2011. View Release |
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Feds Ban Lead Ammo for Depredation Hunting of Birds. February 10, 2011. View Release |
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Deliberate Poisoning and Shooting of Rusty Blackbirds and Mexican Crows. January 20, 2011. View Release |
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Recent Bird Kills Only Tip of the Iceberg. January 07, 2011. View Release |
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$1.4m to go to Prevent Lead Poisoning of Threatened Albatrosses on Midway. September, 3 2010. View Release |
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Mercury Pollution Still a Threat, Says American Bird Conservancy. July 26, 2010. View Release |
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EPA Moves to Cancel All Uses Of Toxic Pesticide Endosulfan. June 30, 2010. View Release |
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ABC Works to Include AZE in the Convention on Biological Diversity. December 03, 2009. View Release |
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EPA Registers Harmful Rodenticide, Opens Door to Bird Poisonings. October 22, 2009. View Release |
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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
Release |
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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
Release |
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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. View Release |
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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. View Release |
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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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Short-tailed Death on Longline Hook Underscores Need for Revamped Alaskan Fisheries Observer Program. September 15, 2010. View Release |
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Migrating Birds Could use a Helping Hand. March 31, 2010. View Release |
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American Bird Conservancy to Launch Campaign
to Reduce Wind Turbine Risks to Birds – Supported by Three Quarters of a Million Dollar Grant From the Leon Levy Foundation. May 12, 2010. View Release |
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Make Every Hour Earth Hour. March 01, 2010. View Release |
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Due to Population Decline and Energy Development, Sage-Grouse Listing Called for by American Bird Conservancy. February 23, 2010. View Release |
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States and Communities Tackle Light Pollution Harmful to Migratory Birds. December 15, 2009. View Release |
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Hawaiian Songbird Named One of America's Hottest Species. December 01, 2009. View Release |
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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. View Release |
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American Bird Conservancy Launches
Bird News Network. December 13, 2007. View
Release |
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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
Release |
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American Bird Conservancy Announces
New Director of Public Relations. November 26, 2006. View
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