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A golden eagle rescued by Bay Area firefighters and released in May after rehabilitation at the Lindsay Wildlife Hospital was euthanized after it was struck and severely injured by a wind turbine at Altamont Pass. Calif. in late July.

Audubon Florida applauds the new partnership for funding the next phase of Tamiami Trail bridging. Florida's $90 million commitment to match funds requested by the federal government will enable the benefits of the next 2.6 mile bridge to be in place much sooner.

National Parks continued to be important economic engines for local communities, with visitors generating $30.1 billion in economic activity and supporting 252,000 jobs nationwide in 2011, according to a peer-reviewed report released Feb. 25 by the National Park Service.

The National Wildlife Refuge Association on Feb. 6 announced its strong support for President Obama's nomination of Sally Jewell to become the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Mike Daulton, V.P. of Government Relations for the National Audubon Society: "Sally Jewell received Audubon's Rachel Carson Award for good reason: She is a dedicated conservationist and a strong leader who understands that protecting our natural world goes hand in hand with a strong American economy."

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and West Virginia state officials are seeking assistance from the public with the investigation into the shooting of one of the oldest bald eagles on record, a female banded in 1990, near Old Fields, W.V.

One of the nation's largest and most important wading bird breeding areas - south Florida, which includes the Everglades National Park - has seen wading bird nesting plummet to levels 39 percent below ten-year averages, according to a new report by the South Florida Water Management District.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Avian Power Line Interaction Committee (APLIC) have released an updated state-of-the-art guidance document that identifies the best practices and provides specific guidance to help electric utilities and cooperatives, federal power administrations, wildlife agencies and other stakeholders reduce bird collisions with power lines.