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Diane Hichwa, a member of the Madrone Audubon Society, observes birds off the shore of the Sea Ranch in Northern California. Hichwa is a leader of a group of people who encouraged the Coastal Commission to ban the annual public fireworks in the town of Gualala, seen in the background.

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( Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times )

Diane Hichwa, a member of the Madrone Audubon Society, observes birds off the shore of the Sea Ranch in Northern California. Hichwa is a leader of a group of people who encouraged the Coastal Commission to ban the annual public fireworks in the town of Gualala, seen in the background.

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