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Article: Conservation organizations in the United States and Latin American countries to receive funds for neotropical migratory bird conservation.
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- M2 Presswire
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- July 11, 2003
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M2 PRESSWIRE-11 July 2003-US FWS: Conservation organizations in the United States and Latin American countries to receive funds for neotropical migratory bird conservation(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Conservation organizations in 15 states and 17 Latin American and Caribbean countries will share $3 million in grants for neotropical migratory bird conservation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today.
Partnering organizations will match these grants with $13 million.
There are 341 species of nearctic-neotropical migrants, birds that breed north of the Tropic of Cancer and winter south of that line. ...