WHSRNews Special Note
The topic of shorebirds and their conservation has received national newspaper attention in the United States, Paraguay, and Colombia through five excellent articles featuring various WHSRN partners and staff. It inspires us to consider the many ways these articles are raising awareness in or touching the hearts of a broad range of readers.
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An Op-Ed in The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland; USA) by Charles Duncan, Director of the Shorebird Recovery Project at Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, urges Maryland’s government to help the imperiled Red Knot survive by regulating the harvest of Horseshoe Crabs.
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The Shorebird Recovery Project is the headline story in the Health & Science section of The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts; USA) based on correspondent Neil Munshi’s day at South Beach (Cape Cod) with veteran shorebird biologist Brian Harrington and Shorebird Recovery Project Director Charles Duncan, both of Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences.
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Bahía de Asunción WHSRN Site of Regional Importance, the first site in Paraguay for WHSRN, is featured on the front page of Paraguay’s national newspaper, Ultima Hora (in Spanish).
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Asociación Calidris, winner of the 2008 Pablo Canevari Award for outstanding dedication to shorebird conservation, is featured in two national newspapers in Colombia: (both in Spanish)
