Peregrine falcon population nursed back from brink of extinction in Prairies

[Donna]

CANADA

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Peregrine+falcon+population+nursed+back+from+brink+extinction+Prairies/5489697/story.html
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EDMONTON — After nearly three decades of trying to save the peregrine falcon from disappearing on the Prairies, Alberta Fish and Wildlife biologist Gord Court and a handful of other biologists are wearing satisfied smiles. From one end of Alberta to the other, and from the eastern edge of the Prairies to the Rocky Mountains and beyond, peregrines are making a comeback to levels not seen for almost a half-century.

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