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The marbled murrelet, a threatened sea bird whose rare trait of nesting in old-growth forests made it a factor in logging battles in the US Northwest, is also declining dramatically in Alaska and Canada, where most of the birds live, according to a US government review. The review was released as the Bush administration considers whether to take the marbled murrelet off the threatened species list in Oregon, Washington and California. In those states, protection for the old-growth trees it nests in has dramatically reduced logging on some national forests.

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