No Open Pipes on Public Lands

From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mountain-Prairie Region:

Great news for birds! The BLM has taken action to reduce a serious threat to birds by issuing a memo with guidance on how to eliminate the threat of open pipes on public lands.

According to the American Bird Conservancy, open pipes, such as uncapped PVC pipes used to mark mining claims, kill hundreds of thousands of birds and other wildlife each year. Animals become trapped inside the pipes and, unable to escape, starve or die of dehydration. More than 3 million mining claims use these pipes as boundary markers.

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