[texbirds] Re: Roma Bluffs WBC is closing
- From: Tim Brush <txbrush5@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: richard.ramke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 05:40:45 -0500
Thanks for the update, Rick. I for one really appreciate the work of the
Friends and hope that more land can be purchased (and reforested)
I always wondered how busy the Roma Bluffs center was in summer. I would
really hope that it could re-open in fall, at the very least by the time of
the RGV Birding Festival, when birding activity begins to pick up.
Best regards,
Tim Brush
Edinburg, TX
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Rick Ramke <richard.ramke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 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 Friendsâ 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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