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Wednesday, May 22, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
The Nugget Newspaper Crossword
By Jacqueline E. Mathews, Tribune News Service
PHOTO PROVIDED
The High Desert Museum thrills and educates with its raptor program.
High Desert Museum
exhibit features raptors
The High Desert
Museum9s signature outdoor
avian flight program, Raptors
of the Desert Sky, begins on
Saturday, May 25, with daily
shows through Labor Day,
Monday, September 2.
Hawks, owls, falcons and
turkey vultures soar from
perch to perch directly over
the crowd seated in a natu-
ral amphitheater nestled in
the Museum9s pine forest. A
Museum expert narrates the
action and shares about the
hunting strategies and natural
behaviors of these spectacu-
lar birds of prey.
<The outdoor flight pro-
gram is a highlight of the
High Desert Museum expe-
rience in the summertime,=
said Museum Executive
Director Dana Whitelaw,
Ph.D. <It9s an event we
take great pride in shar-
ing with visitors, learning
about the raptors, their ecol-
ogy and flight dynamics, is
nothing short of a thrilling
experience.=
The program takes place
daily at 11:30 a.m. except
for July 4, weather permit-
ting. The Museum website
will be updated to reflect
any time changes, such as an
earlier start time to accom-
modate for high tempera-
tures. Tickets are separate
from Museum entry ($3 for
members, seniors and chil-
dren ages 3-12, $5 for non-
members, free for children 2
or younger) and must be pur-
chased by 11 a.m. They are
not available online.
Learn more at www.
highdesertmuseum.org/
raptors-of-the-desert-sky.
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Three environmental advo-
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ranchers who were convicted
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The
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OregonLive reports the
Western Watersheds Project,
the Center for Biological
Diversity and Wildearth
Guardians filed the federal
lawsuit Monday against the
Bureau of Land Management
and an agency district
manager.
Former Interior Secretary
Ryan Zinke in January
ordered the renewal of a
10-year grazing permit for
Dwight Hammond Jr. and his
son Steven Hammond.
The lawsuit claims the
renewal violates adminis-
trative regulations because
it failed to consider the
ranchers9 unsatisfactory
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President Donald Trump
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year. Their case prompted
the weekslong standoff with
anti-federal government pro-
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