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Joe Waites, a member of the No State Flag/No State Funds protest group, holds the Mississippi State flag outside the front gate of the University of Southern Mississippi, where the group has gathered every Sunday for nearly four years to protest USM's refusal to unfurl the state flag. (Chuck Cook/Special to The Washington Times)

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By James Varney - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 16, 2018, file photo, an adult peregrine falcon circles near its nest on a ledge overlooking Lake Mead in Temple Bar, Ariz. A Nevada state wildlife biologist is finding that not even the fastest bird on Earth can escape mercury contamination. Joe Barnes tells the Las Vegas Review-Journal the toxic element is turning up in feathers of peregrine falcons from coast to coast, including at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. (Andrea Cornejo/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

Biologist study finds mercury in predator peregrine falcons

Associated Press

In this May 16, 2018, photo, an adult peregrine falcon circles near its nest on a ledge overlooking Lake Mead in Temple Bar, Ariz. Joe Barnes, a biologist with the Nevada Department of Wildlife, weighed and measured each of the three chicks, collected samples of their feathers and fit metal identification bands around their legs. (Andrea Cornejo/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Peregrine falcons soaring again at Lake Mead

By HENRY BREAN - Associated Press

In this Thursday, May 3, 2018 photo, Joe Barnes, a biologist with the Nevada Department of Wildlife, hikes toward a golden eagle nesting site outside of Pioche, Nev. The birds, protected by the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and identified by the Nevada Wildlife Action Plan as a species of conservation priority, are thought to be declining in the western United States. (Andrea Cornejo/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Nevada wildlife biologist watches over state’s golden eagles

By BRIANA ERICKSON - Associated Press