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May 6, 2013

PVC pipes at mines become bird traps

ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Wildlife officials and conservationists in Nevada say they are making progress knocking down the white plastic pipes that miners traditionally have used to stake their claims but can also become death traps for small birds that get stuck inside.

The Bureau of Land Management estimates there are more than 3.4 million of the white PVC pipes staking claims across the western United States — more than 1 million in Nevada alone in a 2011 survey.


 
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