The Importance of ANWR
Chuck Hagner of Birder's World writes:
"Researchers who conducted the first-ever comprehensive survey of breeding shorebirds in a hotly disputed portion of the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have determined that the number is easily large enough to qualify the area as a site of international importance."
Link: Full Article from Field of View (Birder's World)
Link: ANWR Shorebird Abundance Study
Eagle Optics is proud to be the Lead Corporate Sponsor for Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences shorebird study project.
Pectoral Sandpiper image © 2007 Mike McDowell
posted by Mike McDowell @ 3:40 AM
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3 Comments:
I learned my chops at Manomet -- low-key, dedicated organization doing great conservation work for 30 years or so. Kudos to Eagle Optics for their support.
When I see photos of a white sheet of ice and people say, "see, there's nothing there worth saving!", it just makes me want to scream. Ignorance needs to be fought by science like this.
Erin,
Unfortunately, I fear getting them to recognize that there is something there is one thing, and getting them to care about what's there is entirely another.
Mike
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