[chapter-communicator] Audubon In the News - March 10, 2006
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Audubon In the News
March 10, 2006
We hope that you find the March 10 edition of "Audubon In the News," below,
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AUDUBON CENTERS AND SANCTUARIES
Ground Breaking Ceremony for Nature Center Set (Wildcat Glades Conservation &
Audubon Center in Joplin, MO to hold groundbreaking ceremony)
<http://www.joplinindependent.com/display_article.php/rmca1141511161>
Something New Every Year at Rowe - This Year, a Blog and Family Crane Carnival
(Sandhill Crane migration at Audubon's Rowe Sanctuary in Nebraska)
<http://www.kearneyhub.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16198379&BRD=268&PAG=461&dept_id=551040&rfi=6>
AUDUBON CHAPTERS
City Council Wants Santa Monica State Beach Section Set Aside for Off-leash
Dogs (Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society is one of several groups opposing a bill
that would bring an off-leash dog beach pilot program to Dockweiler State Beach
in Playa del Rey, CA - Dockweiler State Beach has been identified as "critical"
habitat for the Western Snowy Plover)
<http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2006/03/02/news_-_features/top_stories/2sm.txt>
A Good Time for a Gander (Nature lovers flock to Port Susan Snow Goose and
Birding Festival in Washington - members of the Skagit Audubon Society led a
nature walk during the festival)
<http://heraldnet.com/stories/06/02/27/100loc_b1gander001.cfm>
Invasion of the Species (John Hiatt, chairman of the Red Rock Audubon Society,
quoted in article about how an assortment of plants and animals is destroying
elements of the desert ecosystem)
<http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2006/feb/23/566651981.html>
AUDUBON IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS (IBA) PROGRAM
Preserve Land Sales Opposed (Conservationists oppose some of the nearly 10,000
acres the U.S. Forest Service wants to sell in North Carolina - at least three
of the tracts of land in the Western North Carolina mountains are potential
Audubon-designated Important Bird Areas)
<http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/14015414.htm>
AUDUBON STATE PROGRAMS
Search Persists for Elusive Woodpecker (Audubon Arkansas part of the team
leading the search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker)
<http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060305/NEWS/603050350/1134>
Conservation Groups Hope to Preserve Lehigh Gap Trails (Audubon among the
conservation groups working together to preserve the Lehigh Gap in Pennsylvania)
<http://www.mcall.com/news/local/allentown/all-b9_5trailmar05,0,2046902.story?coll=all-newslocalallentown-hed>
Assembly Acts on Wetland Protection, Senate Asked to Follow Their Lead
(Conservation groups, including Audubon New York, applaud the legislation on
the Clean Water Protection/Flood Prevention Act passed by the New York State
Assembly)
<http://www.antonnews.com/oysterbayenterprisepilot/2006/03/03/news/>
Navy's Sonar Range Plan Draws Public Comments (Navy's plans for a sonar range
off the coast of North Carolina receives opposition from organizations
including Audubon North Carolina)
<http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=100203&ran=6564>
Battle for Sound Funds Resumes (Organizations fight to put money back in the
President's budget for the preservation of the Long Island Sound - David
Miller, executive director of Audubon New York, quoted)
<http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060309/NEWS09/603090372/1025/NEWS09>
BIRDS AND BIRDING
Famous Hawks Try Again to Fill a Familiar Empty Nest (Pale Male and Lola return
to their nest on Fifth Avenue in New York City, where birdwatchers tracking the
hawks' behavior say that Lola has laid eggs)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/10/nyregion/10hawk.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
(registration required)
Rare "Barking" Bird Spurs Conservation Effort in Ecuador (The Alliance for Zero
Extinction, of which Audubon is a member organization, reveals global sites of
imminent species extinction - Greg Butcher, director of Bird Conservation for
the National Audubon Society, quoted)
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0303_060303_rare_bird.html>
Large Numbers of Trumpeter Swans Wintering on the AuSable River (Large flocks
of Trumpeter Swans seen in Iosco and Alcona counties in Michigan)
<http://www.oscodapress.com/articles/2006/02/01/news/news03.txt>
INTERNATIONAL NEWS FROM AUDUBON'S BIRDLIFE PARTNERS
Rarest Vultures Join Breeding Program (First Slender-billed Vultures have been
taken into the Indian vulture conservation breeding centers)
<http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2006/02/slender-billed_vulture.html>
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY PROGRAMS
For Backyard Birders, It All Adds Up in the Name of Science (People in Michigan
take part in the 2006 Great Backyard Bird Count - Peggy Ridgway, president of
the Michigan Audubon Society, quoted)
<http://www.mlive.com/news/bctimes/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1141661759125870.xml&coll=4#continue>
(registration required)
Birdwatching Website Gets Flying Start in V.I. (eBird, a project of National
Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, launches in the Virgin
Islands) <javascript:verylargepopup('Article','/index.pl/article?id=13634841')>
<http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=13634841>
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