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Missourians Urged To Comment On Blm Proposal Affecting Habitat For State's Migrating Wildfowl |
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Written by Rob Brandenburg
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MEADVILLE, MO - April 18, 2012 - For George Seek, it is easy to make the connection between wildlife habitat in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve and wildfowl that migrate through The Show-Me State. He knows good numbers of the wildlife - mostly waterfowl and shorebirds - that nest in the Reserve show up in Missouri each fall. That makes the Reserve's habitat vital to a resource connected to Missouri's outdoorsmen and women.
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on several options to allow oil and gas drilling and exploration within the Reserve. The Reserve contains vital habitat for waterfowl, songbirds, shorebirds, caribou and many other species of wildlife. Many of the waterfowl and bird species migrate through Missouri each year.
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