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The Superbowl of Birding

Article Abstract:

The Massachusetts Audubon Society's Joppa Flats Education Center in Newburyport hosts Superbowl of Birding every January, which is a competition between, teams to accumulate as many species and points as possible within the competition's boundaries. Each species is worth between 1 and 5 points, depending on its relative rarity during winter.

Massachusetts, Competitions, Bird watchers, Bird watching

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This land is whose land

Article Abstract:

The annexation activity exhibited by the Mashantucket Pequot nation on the lands of Ledyard, Preston and North Stonington in Connecticut, does not stem from any intention to preserve their native culture but more on the potential use of the land for business activity, such as the construction of casinos and hotels.

Economic aspects, Native Americans, Native North Americans, Pequots

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'We must save it.'

Article Abstract:

An historic house and famrland in Connecticut are described. The land is part of the Farmland Preservation Program of Connecticut, which means there it has some protection from development.

Agricultural conservation, Historic farms

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