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121 Years Of Counting Birds During The Holidays

Anhingas at Everglades National Park, yellow-rumped warblers at Yosemite National Park, and Snowy owls at both Cape Cod and Cape Hatteras national seashores. Tallying those, and hundreds of other bird species, resumes in earnest Monday and continues through early January as the 121st Audubon Christmas Bird Count brings thousands of birders to national parks and other landscapes to see what they can spot.

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December 13th, 2020

Caribou captive breeding program may come too late to prevent extinction in national parks

In October, more than two years after the last caribou in the Maligne Valley of Jasper National Park died or disappeared, Parks Canada announced a tentative plan for a caribou captive breeding program. Subject to an expert review that will likely take place in January, females from other herds will be rounded up and penned in a facility near the town of Jasper.

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December 10th, 2020

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Essay | Can We Save Vanishing Grasslands?

Once upon a time in the Midwest, almost a century ago, there was talk of creating a "Great Plains National Monument" that would preserve a slice of grasslands that once dominated that part of the nation. Today there's talk of rescuing the grasslands that once swept the horizon in a wide belt ranging from Canada to Mexico.

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By Kurt Repanshek - December 9th, 2020

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Fisheries In Channel Islands Marine Protected Areas Thriving

While poaching continues to be a problem at some units of the National Park System, off the coast of California poaching isn't an issue and the fisheries are thriving in marine protected areas around Channel Islands National Park, according to an analysis by an Oregon State University researcher.

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December 8th, 2020

Keeping Black Bears Wild And People Safe

In the Great Smokies, Shenandoah, and elsewhere, black bear populations are growing. The BearWise program is designed to protect our ursine friends—and ourselves, too.

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December 6th, 2020

Despite Plummeting Bird Numbers, Trump Administration Moves To Weaken Migratory Bird Act

Despite the loss of billions of birds over the past five decades, and the economic benefits of sustained migratory species, the Trump administration is moving forward with plans to weaken the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by allowing unintentional killings of birds.

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November 29th, 2020

Right Whale Calf Washes Ashore At Cape Lookout, Possibly Stillborn

The critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population suffered a loss when a calf was either stillborn or died shortly after being born and washed ashore at Cape Lookout National Seashore in North Carolina.

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November 24th, 2020

Celebrate National Bison Day With The Herd

To help celebrate National Bison Day, here's a short video from the release of 100 bison from Badlands and Theodore Roosevelt national parks at the Wolakota Buffalo Range on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.

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November 7th, 2020

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"Pupfish Peak" Honors Rare Fish At Death Valley National Park

You have to admit, "Pupfish Peak" has a nice ring to it. And it's officially been attached to a previously unnamed peak in Nevada to honor the rare fish that calls a warm spring at Death Valley National Park home.

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November 5th, 2020

Too Much Of A Good Thing At Gulf Islands National Seashore?

Can there be too much of a good thing in the National Park System? There just might be at a patch of sand and water in Gulf Islands National Seashore in Florida, where its growing popularity is leading to adverse impacts on Gulf of Mexico fisheries and deadly accidents.

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November 3rd, 2020

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