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Saving birds is job #1

RECENT REVELATIONS REGARDING catastrophic bird declines have left many birders feeling despondent and hopeless. While large-scale initiatives will be needed to address the challenge, here are a few things that you as an individual can do to stem the tide in favor of a rich and diverse environment.

The 800-pound gorilla in the room is, of course, climate change and the havoc it will wreak on tundra, prairie pothole, and coastal breeding species. My first suggestion is to . Until then, make one day a week “earth to reduce the overall energetic cost of production. Once-and-done apparel is hard on the environment, after all.

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