Maine airports seek exemption from wildlife protection laws
Aviation officials and businesses say a bill to exempt airports from state protections for Maine's endangered or threatened ...
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Could captive breeding save this vanishing Everglades bird?
The prognosis for both the bird and its habitat is grim without intervention,” said Audubon Florida executive director Julie Wraithmell, who pointed to a grasshopper sparrow breeding program in ...
Fearing flight hazards, bill would end some habitat protections at Maine airports
A grasshopper sparrow has made itself a home at the Eastern Slope Regional Airport in Fryeburg. While the presence of that particular bird is precious given its status as an endangered species in ...
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Maine airports seek exemption from wildlife protection laws
No one was injured, but if they had been, airport officials would’ve blamed the endangered grasshopper sparrow. It wasn’t the small birds that hit the planes, but the white-tailed deer that ...