Posted on 08/18/2014 9:14:39 AM PDT by george76
More than a half-million acres of land across nine Western states is being proposed for designation as critical habitat for the yellow-billed cuckoo.
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 546,335 acres of critical habitat is up for listing in 80 separate units in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. The bird is a neotropical migrant that winters in South America and nests along rivers and streams in western North America.
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The Service is seeking information concerning the western yellow-billed cuckoos biology and habitat, threats to the species and current efforts to protect the bird. The Service also seeks information on the incremental economic effects of the proposed critical habitat designation
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I thought the Western Cuckoo was Jerry Brown.
And Nancy Pelosi and others.
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