(Return matching records with ALLANY of these words.)    ................................................................ state Choose State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illiniois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississipi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming District of Columbia    regions Choose region Pacific Southwest Midwest Southeast Northeast Mountain-Prairie Alaska California-Nevada All Regions    ................................................................ ................................................................ Journal Entry   Back Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network Site Dedication Southwest Region, January 22, 2005 Print Friendly Version On January 22, 2005, more than 300 guests joined staff from the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge and the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN) to celebrate the dedication of the South Texas Salt Lakes International Site of Importance. The two salt lakes included in the WHSRN site designation are located at the La Sal del Rey and East Lake Tracts of the refuge. WHSRN Coordinating Office Director Charles Duncan spoke at the dedication, along with local historian David Mycue, Friends of the Wildlife Corridor Vice President Shawn Patterson, and Refuge Manager Jeff Rupert. Following the dedication, public tours of the two lakes were highlighted by sightings of long-billed curlews and sandhill cranes. Over the past several years, counts by refuge biologists and volunteers revealed that over 10% of the global population of long-billed curlews use these lakes as roosting sites during the winter season. Contact Info: Martin Valdez, 505-248-6599, martin_valdez@fws.gov Send to: From: Notes: ..........................................................................................

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