Dear Sam, On behalf of the Board of Directors, thank you for sending out your excellent and thorough press release on the wildfire that swept through the Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch. I hope you will convey our heartfelt expressions of gratitude to Linda Kennedy and Federico Gonzalez for their acts of courage which resulted in saving such important Audubon structures as well as most of the trees. We pray for a fresh recovery and success in replacing invasive species with native species. Donal _____ From the Office of... Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.