[chapter-communicator] FW: Audubon In the News - December 9, 2005
- From: "TENNEFOSS, Lynn" <ltennefoss@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 17:52:44 -0500
Greetings,
We hope that you find the December 9 edition of "Audubon In the News,"
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Audubon In the News
December 9, 2005
SPECIAL NEWS
AUDUBON LEADS VICTORIOUS FIGHT TO PRESERVE THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL
HERITAGE OF THE WAIMEA VALLEY
In late November, the unique environmental and cultural heritage of
Hawaii's Waimea Valley came perilously close to being lost forever when
the Honolulu City Council voted to accept, in concept, a proposed
settlement plan that would have put 1500 acres of the valley at risk of
development. However, on December 7, in what the Honolulu Advertiser
called "a stunning example of people power," the council reversed its
position, voting unanimously to kill the proposed deal. This occurred
after more than six dozen speakers addressed the Council for three
hours, expressing their vehement opposition to the body's earlier
decision. Audubon was instrumental in this turn of events - organization
president John Flicker flew from New York to Hawaii late last week to
rally support for preservation of the valley. Read more about this
watershed moment for conservation and for Audubon in Hawaii in the
following articles:
Waimea Valley Deal Rejected
http://starbulletin.com/2005/12/08/news/story01.html
City Rejects Split of Waimea Valley for Development
http://www.khnl.com/Global/story.asp?S=4217573
Mayor Hopes for Settlement Concerning Waimea Valley Land
http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/5497291/detail.html
Good Move Made on Waimea Valley
http://starbulletin.com/2005/12/09/editorial/editorial01.html
AUDUBON CENTENNIAL
100 Years of the Audubon Society (Profile and history of the National
Audubon Society and the state office in Alaska)
< http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7252~3146635,00.html>
AUDUBON CENTERS AND SANCTUARIES
Nature Center to be a Reality (Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon
Center is given the green light)
http://www.joplinglobe.com/story.php?story_id=212158
<http://www.joplinglobe.com/story.php?story_id=212158&PHPSESSID=99000a99
0da7ae0571d17ea37942265b> &PHPSESSID=99000a990da7ae0571d17ea37942265b
AUDUBON CHAPTERS
Seeders Hope to Reap Record (Initiative to plant 15 million grass seeds
in a span of six hours at Bartel Grassland, which is an IBA - the
project is being undertaken by Audubon of the Chicago Region, Thorn
Creek Audubon Society, Forest Preserve District, the Army Corps of
Engineers and the Corporation for Open Lands) (registration required to
view this story)
<
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0512020197dec02,1,3
774549.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0512020197dec02,1,
3774549.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true>
&ctrack=1&cset=true>
Audubon Report Says Wetlands Being Filled Without Restoration (Report
from Montana Audubon says the state's streams and wetlands are being
filled or lost to development without restoration required by federal
law)
<
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/11/25/breaker/doc438745b58730e15
1365608.txt>
AUDUBON STATE PROGRAMS
Governor Announces $7.5 Billion Environmental Initiative (Mississippi
Governor Haley Barbour announces a $7.5 billion 10-year Coast
environmental restoration initiative - Mark LaSalle of Audubon
Mississippi's Coastal Project office quoted)
<
http://www.gulflive.com/news/mississippipress/index.ssf?/base/news/11338
67738294160.xml>
Rio Salado Habitat Opens With a Splash (The Rio Salado Habitat
Restoration Project, which will include an Audubon Arizona educational
center, opens)
<
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1106riosalado.ht
ml>
Rebuilding Means Planting Trees, Too (Audubon Mississippi's Operation
Backyard Recovery initiative)
< http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/local/13317863.htm>
Permit for Mirasol Project Denied (Major victory for Audubon of Florida
will protect Corkscrew Swamp) (registration required to view this story)
http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/news/article/0,2071,NPDN_14940_4298152,00
.html
106th Christmas Bird Count Here, Thanks to Volunteers (Audubon Ohio's
Christmas Bird Count)
<
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051204/COLUMNIST
22/512040366>
Seward Park: Many Visitors, But Few Set Foot in the 'Magnificent Forest'
(Story about Seward Park, and the partnership between the Seattle Parks
Department and Audubon Washington to provide a more tangible connection
between urban youth and nature)
< http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/249306_sewardpark24.html>
Maine Audubon States Opposition to Moosehead Lake Development (Maine
Audubon calls on Plum Creek Timber Co. to scale back its plans for
development of nearly 1,000 house lots in the Moosehead Lake area)
<
http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2005/12/01/maine_audubon
_states_opposition_to_moosehead_lake_development/>
BIRDS AND BIRDING
Grounds for Change (Improving the coffee industry's ecological, social
and health impacts - Audubon's Director of Bird Conservation Greg
Butcher, and Sandy Pinto from Audubon's Licensing Department, are
quoted)
< http://www.emagazine.com/view/?2929>
Feathered Friends Appreciate Wintertime Meals (Rob Fergus from Audubon's
Science Department discusses bird feeding in the late fall and winter)
(registration required to view stories)
<
http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051126/NEWS/51126
0335
<http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051126/NEWS/5112
60335&SearchID=73227833160457> &SearchID=73227833160457>
Citizen Science Comes of Age (Story about how citizens are making
valuable contributions to scientific research - includes mention of
Audubon's Christmas Bird Count)
<
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2005/December/04/local/stories/
04local.htm>
Can you Contract Bird Flu by Feeding Wild Birds? (Article cites a number
of organizations, including National Audubon Society, regarding the
issue of bird flu and feeding wild birds)
< http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/columns/journal/wb/wb/xp-43434>
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