[texbirds] Re: Roma Bluffs WBC is closing
- From: "Rick Ramke" <richard.ramke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'texbirds'" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 10:21:22 -0500
The Nature Store at Roma Bluffs is operated by the Friends of the Wildlife
Corridor, and proceeds from that store and the Nature Store at Santa Ana
National Wildlife help support projects in the Santa Ana and Lower Rio
Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuges. Projects supported by the Friends
in the past year have included Rio Reforestation and the Farmland Phase-Out
and Re-vegetation program at the Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR, construction
of a boardwalk/wetland viewing station at SANWR, the annual Hawk Watch at
SANWR, and volunteer-related events associated with both Refuges. Income
from the stores also support the Friends Land Acquisition fund, the most
important asset of the Friends of the Wildlife Corridor, which is ready to
use whenever strategic tracts of land for inclusion in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley NWR become available for sale.
The Nature Store at Roma has operated at a loss every month for more than
one year now, requiring us to divert funds that could be used to support
Refuge projects to cover costs of operation of the store. As a result, the
Friends of the Wildlife Corridor has closed the store for the summer season,
hoping to re-open it in October if conditions and traffic at site warrant.
Rick Ramke
Acting President, Friends of the Wildlife Corridor
Alamo, TX
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