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Birding Bucket List: Tour America’s ‘Duck Factory’ in the Bird-Packed Prairie Pothole Region
Glacier-carved fields and ephemeral wetlands provide a crucial stopover for long-distance migrants and prolific breeding ...
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Fish and Wildlife’s ‘prairie pothole’ rule hits bump in the road
The potentially affected prairie pothole region includes parts of Iowa, Minnesota, Montana and South Dakota, as well as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s home state of North Dakota. All told ...
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U.S. Duck Population Has Dropped 30% Since 2017, Study Says
The new report says at least 112 North American bird species have lost more than half their populations in the past 50 years.
Courthouse News Service15d
Ducks were once a conservation bright spot. Now they’re declining in the US, new report shows
Loss of grasslands habitat and a prolonged drought affecting the wetlands of the Great Plains’ prairie pothole region have taken a toll. Among all waterfowl, numbers are down 20% since 2014, the ...
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Report shows birds in decline
Loss of grasslands habitat and a prolonged drought affecting the wetlands of the Great Plains’ prairie pothole region have taken a toll. Among all waterfowl, numbers are down 20% since 2014 ...