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	<description>Bay Area Nature and Seattle Nature in Photos</description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Cripples&#8221; &#8230; or Why I Hate Wing Shooting</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2012/01/the-cripples-or-why-i-hate-wing-shooting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2012/01/the-cripples-or-why-i-hate-wing-shooting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fishing & Hunting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geese and Swans]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday evening, we were photographing Snow Geese and didn&#8217;t realize that we (along with at least 10 other photographers) had chosen a field where hunters were lying in camo. I promised myself I would wait until hunting season was over before I ventured into the wilds beyond Seattle &#8212; just as I did last year. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 3: Flaunting Our Economic Potential As Birders &amp; Wildlife Watchers</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/11/economic-power-of-wildlife-watchers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/11/economic-power-of-wildlife-watchers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Part 3 (of 3) in a series on non-hunting revenue streams for our National Wildlife Refuge system. In Part 1 I talk about the issues surrounding the current funding system. In Part 2, I interview Marlin Greene who’s been producing an alternative refuge stamp since 2006, to draw attention to this subject. Edited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 2: The Non Hunters&#8217; Stamp</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/11/part-2-the-non-hunting-duck-stamp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/11/part-2-the-non-hunting-duck-stamp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first part of this three-part series, I posted about the funding issues that shape land-use decisions on National Wildlife Refuges.You can read that post here: Part 1: Non-Hunters and National Wildlife Refuges.In Part 3 I discuss how birders, photographers and wildlife watchers can capitalize on their economic power. Here, I interview photographer Marlin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 1: Non-Hunters and National Wildlife Refuges</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/11/hunting-on-national-wildlife-refuge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/11/hunting-on-national-wildlife-refuge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fishing & Hunting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Habitat Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seattle Faves]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a three part series about National Wildlife Refuge funding and how the current system affects land-use privileges for non-hunters and non-consumptive users. In Part 2 I interview photographer Marlin Greene who has created a No Hunting Stamp to promote awareness about hunting on National Wildlife Refuges. And in Part 3 I discuss how [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fly Away Home (and Safe) &#8230;. 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/10/fly-away-home-and-safe-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/10/fly-away-home-and-safe-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m re-posting my comments from October 2010, on this the opening day of waterfowl hunting season in Washington State, and a week before California&#8217;s opener. I&#8217;ve said it before so rather than saying it again, I&#8217;ve opted to reprint my thoughts from last year, with a few tweaks. See also a discussion of non-hunters and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fly Away Home (and Safe)</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/10/fly-away-home-and-safe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/10/fly-away-home-and-safe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we inched our way toward the cranes, I heard the sound that always shatters my serenity like, well, a shotgun. Because it was a shotgun -- very close by. In a clearing across the river, just a hop and a skip from where we were ...]]></description>
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		<title>Wolves Back on Endangered Species List</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/08/wolves-back-on-endangered-species-list/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/08/wolves-back-on-endangered-species-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Endangered Species]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll let the Defenders of Wildlife release speak for me. I&#8217;m just elated the wolf hunts have come to an end. A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acted illegally when it removed wolves from the endangered species list in Idaho and Montana but left them on the list in Wyoming. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Trail: Howling for Justice</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/04/blog-trail-howling-for-justice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/04/blog-trail-howling-for-justice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Endangered Species]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hunting]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=4845</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a history and a breadcrumb trail, but I'm still not sure how I ended up at Howling For Justice. I'm glad I did, though.

<a href="http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/04/blog-trail-howling-for-justice/">[read the full post ...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Ongoing Plight of Seal Pups</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/the-plight-of-baby-seals-hundreds-of-thousands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/the-plight-of-baby-seals-hundreds-of-thousands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Mammals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[canadian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clubbing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote this post last year, but as we move into April 2010, the seal hunt begins anew. It's been such a difficult issue for me to grapple with over the years, so I thought I'd re-post my comments from last year. The fundamentals remain the same.

<a href="http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/03/the-plight-of-baby-seals-hundreds-of-thousands/">[read the post ...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Witness to an Elk &#8220;Hunt&#8221; in Colorado&#8217;s Estes Park</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2008/11/elk-hunt-in-estes-park/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2008/11/elk-hunt-in-estes-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recalling a sad confluence of elk (wapiti) and hunter in the enclaves of Colorado -- in Estes Park. We weren't expecting harm to come to these elk, meandering through a residential neighborhood of Estes Park, just blocks from the Stanley Hotel where the elk herds draw tourists with cameras, not lethal suburban adversaries.]]></description>
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