[chapter-communicator] Audubon In the News - January 25, 2007
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We hope that you find the February 22 edition of "Audubon In the News," below,
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Audubon In the News
February 22, 2007
Circulation 4,700
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Ask Audubon section is the newest addition to Newswire. You can submit your
questions about consumer choices and how they affect the environment to Cynthia
Blayer at cblayer@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:cblayer@xxxxxxxxxxx>.
GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT
The 10th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), which took place February
16-19, garnered extensive media coverage on a local and national level!
Participants in this year's count have broken an all-time record for the number
of checklists submitted, and the numbers are still going up. Just a reminder:
There is still time to enter your tally online before February 28th by going to
<http://gbbc.birdsource.org/gbbcApps/input>.
Here is a selection of GBBC articles:
Bird Watchers Look Upward at Backyard Bird Count (Count at the Silver Bluff
Audubon Center in South Carolina)
<http://www.aikenstandard.com/news/306575964082003.php>
Coveys, Flocks and Gaggles (Features Tim Williams, manager of the Buckley
Audubon Center in Kentucky)
<http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/living/home/16668472.htm>
'Citizen Scientists' Urged to Help National Bird Count
<http://www.gulflive.com/news/mississippipress/index.ssf?/base/news/1171538200279780.xml>
After a Decade, National Volunteer Bird Count Vital for Science
<http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--birdcount0213feb13,0,3688652.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork>
Bird-watchers Count for Audubon Society
<http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070212/NEWS/702120314/1001/DWEK01>
AUDUBON CHAPTERS
Spruced Up (The Houston Audubon Society in Houston, Texas, helped the birds
affected by Hurricane Rita by planting 600 trees to replace those lost to the
hurricane; the Baton Rouge Audubon Society's Peveto Woods Migratory Bird
Sanctuary in Louisiana also featured in the article)
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/travel/texasneighbors/stories/021807dntraritabirds.4931adf.html>
They're On the Lookout for Rare Birds (The San Diego Audubon Society in San
Diego, California, hosted the 2007 San Diego Bird Festival)
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070209/news_1m9birds.html>
AUDUBON PUBLIC POLICY
Environmentalists Like Johanns Proposal (Brian Moore of the National Audubon
Society included in an article that features reactions from environmental
groups following the release of USDA Secretary Mike Johanns' new farm bill
proposal)
<http://southeastfarmpress.com/news/070216-bill-proposal/>
AUDUBON STATE PROGRAMS
Skyscraper 'Lights Out' is for the Birds, in a Good Way (The "Lights Out - Twin
Cities" program begins; the campaign is being promoted by experts from Audubon
Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the University of
Minnesota and the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota)
<http://www.startribune.com/1453/story/1000712.html>
Arkansas County Offers Nature Tourism Class (A new class on nature tourism,
funded partly by Audubon Arkansas and the National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation, will be offered beginning in March; Dan Scheiman, Bird Conservation
director for Audubon Arkansas, developed the series)
<http://www.hemscott.com/news/latest-news/item.do?newsId=39386997695287>
Clean Up the Numbers on Lake Okeechobee Pollution (Editorial praising Audubon
of Florida's Paul Gray, Ph.D, who monitors Lake Okeechobee issues, for pointing
out flaws in the South Florida Water Management District's report to state
legislators on Lake Okeechobee's pollution problems)
<http://www.palmbeachpost.com/search/content/opinion/epaper/2007/02/21/a12a_leadedit_lakeo_0221.html>
BIRDS, BIRDING AND WILDLIFE
A Gun-Toting Granny (A letter to the editor from the National Audubon Society's
Greg Butcher in response to a commentary published in Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17200491/site/newsweek/page/2/> (To see the
letter, scroll down to "A Gun-Toting Granny")
A Landscape for the Birds (Article about helping birds during the winter; Tait
Johansson, the naturalist at the Bedford Audubon Society in Katonah, New York,
quoted)
<http://www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070208/LIFESTYLE01/702080334/1209>
Borrow a Few Design Ideas from the Birds (The National Audubon Society's Steve
Kress talks about the best garden designs for attracting birds)
<http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070216/FEAT03/702160316/1021>
Dreamboats (Bruce Reid, Lower Mississippi River Program director for the
National Audubon Society, talks about birding in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in an
article about a trip down the Mississippi River aboard the American Queen
steamboat)
<http://www.aarpmagazine.org/travel/dreamboats_mississippi.html>
EDUCATION AND AUDUBON CENTERS AND SANCTUARIES
Baby Eagle Left Homeless By Tornadoes Gets New Home (The Audubon Center for
Birds of Prey in Florida was instrumental in finding a new home for a homeless
8-week-old eagle)
<http://www.wesh.com/news/11004562/detail.html>
Six Good Reasons to Drive Across Alligator Alley (Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp
Sanctuary featured in a round-up of wonderful things to do when visiting
Florida's Alligator Alley)
<http://www.southflorida.com/events/sfl-alleytrips,0,3867795.story>
IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS (IBA) PROGRAM
Bird Resource Center (Broadcast featuring Louisiana's IBA program and Melanie
Driscoll, the IBA coordinator in Louisiana; the Baton Rouge Audubon Society's
Peveto Woods Migratory Bird Sanctuary also included)
<http://www.lpb.org/programs/swi/streaming.cfm>(To view the broadcast, go to
"SWI 3023 - Bird Resource Center, 09-Feb-07" in the "Show" column and click on
one of the links under "Windows MediaPlayer"; to view the broadcast, you must
have Windows MediaPlayer downloaded to your computer)
INTERNATIONAL NEWS FROM AUDUBON'S BIRDLIFE PARTNERS
Piping Plover Lawsuit: Canadian Government Reverses Decision (Nature Canada has
applauded the move by the federal government of Canada to settle an outstanding
court case that surrounds the protection of Piping Plover)
<http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2007/02/piping_plover.html>
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