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slash aBA well and welcome to the american burning podcast from the american

birding association i'm your host nate swick hope everyone is doing okay i want to remind

those of you in the united states to make a plan

to vote so much of what we care about is on the ballot this year as it is honestly in every

election season we've talked about it a fair bit here in the abstract in terms of the migratory

bird treaty act and the endangered species act and sage

grouse and how policy affects them but i think we as birders sometimes miss the fact that

nearly every aspect of our hobby is impacted by the decisions of policy makers not just at the

federal level but all the way down you want to see more wildlife-friendly zoning decisions

or more parks in places where there aren't parks. I mean, those are the results of city and county,

even neighborhood democracy and action. Some of the places that I bird where I live are there

because the city council and the city planner decided, hey, there should

be a park here. And of course, I love my state's state park system, which is there because my state

made it a priority to purchase that land, to build the infrastructure up, to staff those facilities

with decent paying jobs, to attract individuals who manage

the park in a way that makes it conducive to birding. This is all really important stuff. This is all

stuff that is on the ballot, not at the top of the ticket where all the action is, but all the way

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