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Red knot (Calidris canutus ssp. rufa), a candidate species for listing due to a rapid decline in population. The bird is dependent on one food during it's northward migration: horseshoe crab eggs. Overfishing of the crabs has led a dramatic the decline of both knots and crabs. This bird was captured as part of a banding study by the Delaware Bay Shorebird Project.

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Red knot (Calidris canutus ssp. rufa), a candidate species for listing due to a rapid decline in population. The bird is dependent on one food during it’s northward migration: horseshoe crab eggs. Overfishing of the crabs has led a dramatic the decline of both knots and crabs. This bird was captured as part of a banding study by the Delaware Bay Shorebird Project.

Photo: The federally endangered blowout penstemon (Penstemon haydenii). These plants were raised by a botanist who brought the plant back from just 600 individual plants to more than 20,000 today.

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The federally endangered blowout penstemon (Penstemon haydenii). These plants were raised by a botanist who brought the plant back from just 600 individual plants to more than 20,000 today.

Red knot (Calidris canutus ssp. rufa), a candidate species for listing due to a rapid decline in population. The bird is dependent on one food during it's northward migration: horseshoe crab eggs. Overfishing of the crabs has led a dramatic the decline of both knots and crabs. This bird was captured as part of a banding study by the Delaware Bay Shorebird Project.

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Red knot (Calidris canutus ssp. rufa), a candidate species for listing due to a rapid decline in population. The bird is dependent on one food during it’s northward migration: horseshoe crab eggs. Overfishing of the crabs has led a dramatic the decline of both knots and crabs. This bird was captured as part of a banding study by the Delaware Bay Shorebird Project.

Photo: A slivaculturist stands beside a 300+ ft. tall Douglas fir at the Willamette Nat'l Forest in Oregon.

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A slivaculturist stands beside a 300+ ft. tall Douglas fir at the Willamette Nat’l Forest in Oregon.

Photo: A "nurse log" in Oregon's old growth forest nourishes the plants around it as it decays.

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A “nurse log” in Oregon’s old growth forest nourishes the plants around it as it decays.

Photo: Rosamaria Ruiz, an environmental activist, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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Rosamaria Ruiz, an environmental activist, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: Rosamaria Ruiz, an environmental activist, with native guides on a canoe in the Tuichi River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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Rosamaria Ruiz, an environmental activist, with native guides on a canoe in the Tuichi River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A "nurse log" in Oregon's old growth forest nourishes the plants around it as it decays.

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A “nurse log” in Oregon’s old growth forest nourishes the plants around it as it decays.

Photo: An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

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An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

Photo: An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

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An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

Photo: An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

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An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

Photo: An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

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An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

Photo: An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

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An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

Photo: An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

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An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

Photo: An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

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An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

Photo: An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

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An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

Photo: An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

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An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

Photo: An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

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An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

Photo: An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

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An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

Photo: An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

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An overpass for wildlife (including bears) was built over this busy highway near Banff, Canada.

Photo: The Grizzly Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana, allows tourists to see a grizzly bear up close, the safe way.

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The Grizzly Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana, allows tourists to see a grizzly bear up close, the safe way.

Photo: The Grizzly Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana, allows tourists to see a grizzly bear up close, the safe way.

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The Grizzly Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana, allows tourists to see a grizzly bear up close, the safe way.

Photo: The Grizzly Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana, allows tourists to see a grizzly bear up close, the safe way.

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The Grizzly Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana, allows tourists to see a grizzly bear up close, the safe way.

Photo: The Grizzly Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana, allows tourists to see a grizzly bear up close, the safe way.

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The Grizzly Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana, allows tourists to see a grizzly bear up close, the safe way.

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