Audubon Ohio News - August 5, 2002 CONTENTS 1. Electronic Audubon Resources 2. Case Statement for Environmental Education 3. Take Action: Help to Conserve the Tongass National Forest 4. Greater Mohican Audubon Society Fundraiser 5. Survey: Still time to share information about your Audubon Adventures Program 1. Electronic Audubon Resources Audubon has many electronic resources available to its chapters and members. Here are a few that you might be interested in: * Chapter Webmasters Frequently Asked Questions <http://www.audubon.org/net/coding/faq.html>: An extensive guide to setting up and maintaining a website for your chapter. * The Audubon Advisory <http://www.audubon.org/campaign/aa/index.html>: A bi-weekly electronic newsletter with information and insider reports on conservation legislation pending in the House, Senate, and governmental agencies. * Bird Conservation News <http://www.audubon.org/bird/news.html>: A periodical newsletter with extensive information on Audubon's bird conservation initiatives. * Chapter Communicator <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=chapter-communicator>: All chapters are encouraged to have at least one leader subscribed. An electronic list that enables Audubon staff to Pass on information almost instantaneously, and also to provide a forum where we can post preview materials, shortening the lag before chapters have critical information and give newsletter editors and other chapter officers more time to use the information. * Audubon News <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=audubon-news>: An electronic list for information about environmental policy and Audubon. ***If you have found other resources that are particularly helpful to your work as a chapter leader, please let us know and we will include them in a future edition of Audubon Ohio News. Write to us at ohio@xxxxxxxxxxxx 2. Case Statement for Environmental Education Audubon Ohio recently published a case statement for environmental education in Ohio. It is now available on our website in PDF format (requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader program) at http://oh.audubon.org/naturecenters.html. 3. Take Action: Help to Conserve the Tongass National Forest The Alaska Rainforest Campaign (www.akrain.org) is circulating a comment letter on the Tongass National Forest Management Plan for organizational sign-ons. If your chapter would like to participate, please contact Kristen Berry in our policy office for more information, including a copy of the comment letter. Organizations must sign on by August 14, 2002. Contact Kristen today at kberry@xxxxxxxxxxx or (202) 861-2242. Our office can also provide a text of the letter. Contact us at ohio@xxxxxxxxxxx or (614) 224-3303. 4. Greater Mohican Audubon Society Fundraiser The Greater Mohican Audubon Society is conducting a unique fundraiser involving the sale of different bird related items. Items include limited edition Bobolink prints by Linda McFarlin, t-shirts, Bluebird boxes, and notecards. To see a list of items for sale (and perhaps get some ideas that you might be able to use for your own chapter) or to make a purchase, please visit their on-line store at http://www.geocities.com/greatermohican/store.html. For more information on this fundraiser, please contact Delle Nadler at dnadler@xxxxxxxxxxx 5. Audubon Adventures Survey We have heard from five chapters about their Audubon Adventures program - please keep those surveys coming in! If you need another copy of the survey, please contact us at ohio@xxxxxxxxxxxx We hope to share the results in the near future. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AudubonOH-NEWS is sent to Audubon chapter leaders, board members, and others interested in Audubon activities in Ohio. If you do not wish to receive further editions, it is easy to unsubscribe: simply send an e-mail message to audubonoh-news-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In the subject of your e-mail, write UNSUBSCRIBE. We can be reached through e-mail at ohio@xxxxxxxxxxx, phone at (614) 224-3303, or mail at 692 N High St Ste 208, Columbus, OH 43215.