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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joseph Dane, Development Director801.484.6808 | jdane@hawkwatch.org Salt Lake City, Utah, September 21, 2012 – HawkWatch International’s Conservation Director, Steve Slater, Ph.D. was appointed as a representative of the environmental organizations to the Utah Resource Advisory Council. Resource Advisory Councils are composed of citizens from diverse backgrounds who share an interest in public […]

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Apr 30 2012

HWI Awarded Prestigious Conservation Grant

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HawkWatch International (HWI) has been awarded a prestigious Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA) grant to predict over which mountain ridges in the U.S. west raptors may migrate. The project will help ensure that potential new ridge-top developments, such as wind turbines, are situated in low-impact areas to avoid or minimize risk to sensitive species.

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Aug 4 2010

Raptors and the Gulf Coast Oil Spill

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Coverage of the recent Gulf Coast oil spill, a.k.a Deepwater Horizon, has overwhelmed our public discussions since it first started gushing from the ocean floor on April 20. The initial explosion that set the tragedy in motion killed 11 platform workers and injured 17 others. The Deepwater Horizon spill has surpassed in volume the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill 20 times

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