WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania, Jan. 7 -- Wilkes University issued the following news release:

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Wilkes Receives DCNR Grant to Study Forest Management and Bird Conservation

Wilkes University has been awarded a $27,182 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) to study how forest management practices influence declining bird species in northeastern Pennsylvania, including prairie warblers and wood thrush.