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Taking a cue from Dalcio Dacol over at IBWO Researchers Forum....

The US Fish and Wildlife Service is asking for public comment on its Ivory-billed Woodpecker Draft Recovery Plan until Oct. 22. The Plan (~170 pgs.) is available by download at:

http://www.fws.gov/ivorybill/

or you can simply request a hard copy from US F&W at this address:

US F&W
646 Cajundome Blvd. Suite 400
Lafayette, La. 70506

I'd urge all favoring the effort to be heard by contacting US F&W with positive comments, or even just a line or two of encouragement. You can put that in writing for snail mail, or simply email to: ibwplan@fws.gov

Support from the public can definitely help.

And if your thoughts be not so positively-inclined... well, then... nnnnnnevermind! ;-)

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...from the Web Grab Bag, yet another piece from the NY Times on Alex, the African Grey Parrot:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/12/opinion/12wed4.html?pagewanted=print
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