Sorry - the link in my post doesn't seem to be the same one in the original 
 message, so here is the original, which should take you directly to the 
article  "Birdwatchers no Featherweights in Contributions to the Economy" with 
 demographic and economic findings.
 
Leslie
 
 
  
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Sent:  7/16/2009 10:13:01 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: [MAINE-BIRDS] Maine #2  in birding


See USFWS report  link:
 
_http://www.fws.gov/news/NewsReleases/showNews.cfm?newsId=7F092EAA-A495-9E3D
-9CE9BE12D4FF96F0_ 
(http://www.fws.gov/news/NewsReleases/showNews.cfm?newsId=7F092EAA-A495-9E3D-9CE9BE12D4FF96F0) 
 
Steve Walker
Beginning with  Habitat Program Coordinator
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and  Wildlife
41 SHS, 284 State Street
Augusta, ME 04333
Phone:  287-5254 
Cell:  446-5145
Fax: 287-6395
Email:  (blocked::mailto:[log in to unmask])  
Stewards of Maine's Fish and Wildlife: protecting and preserving  Maine's  
natural resources, quality of place, and economic future. 
Contribute to Protecting Maine's Non-game and  Endangered Birds with a 
Maine Birder Band at: _www.mefishwildlife.com_ (http://www.mefishwildlife.com/) 
 


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