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In this photo taken in June 2011, Jon Stravers guides his boat in an area of the Mississippi River near Harper's Ferry in northeast Iowa. This stretch of riverfront forest has been designated a “globally important bird area” by Great Britain-based BirdLife International and the National Audubon Society. (AP Photo/Kathy Carlyle)
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In this photo taken in June 2011, Jon Stravers guides his boat in an area of the Mississippi River near Harper's Ferry in northeast Iowa. This stretch of riverfront forest has been designated a “globally important bird area” by Great Britain-based BirdLife International and the National Audubon Society. (AP Photo/Kathy Carlyle)
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FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2012 file photo, a man makes a picture of "Fuleco" the 2014 World Cup mascot, in Brasilia, Brazil. An environmental group in Brazil launched on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, an effort to save the endangered three-banded armadillo, the mascot for the international soccer tournament that starts next month in Brazil. The group hopes the fact that the endangered armadillo is the Cup mascot, will help society and government become more aware of the importance of saving the armadillo and its natural habitat from extinction. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
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Houses are pictured in the foothills Monday, May 19, 2014, several miles from a wildfire burning to the west in the Mount Rose Wilderness Area along the Sierra's eastern front in Reno, Nev. Firefighters got the upper hand on the blaze Monday and no homes were threatened.In the background are trees recovering from a previous fire that burned much closer to houses in the Hunter Lake area. (AP Photo/By Scott Sonner).
