Here's an opening excerpt from Bird Calls (Vol. 10, No. 3, October 2006):

    "On September 14, the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission announced $6.5 mill-
ion in grants for the acquisition of 4,253 acres of additional habitat for the National Wildlife
Refuge System. Funds for these acquisitions were raised from the sale of Duck Stamps,
import duties on firearms and ammunition, and right-of-way payments to the refuge sys-
tem."

Bird Calls is a publication of the American Bird Conservancy.  
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The above excerpt and other very interesting articles --including one on new sightings
of the Lord God Bird (am I being blasphemous?)--can be found, presumably, via the
website.

Good birding,

Paul Noell
Balto. MD