[chapter-communicator] Audubon In the News - May 5, 2006
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Audubon In the News
May 5, 2006
We hope that you find the May 5 edition of "Audubon In the News," below,
interesting and informative. Please note: you may have to register with
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AUDUBON CHAPTERS
Grant Provides Audubon Kits for Elementary Students (A grant from the South
Shore Foundation to the Audubon Society of North Central Arkansas will finance
a continuing project to provide Audubon Adventures to six area schools)
<http://www.baxterbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060422/NEWS01/604220338/1002>
Local Society Participates in Annual Bird Count (Conococheague Audubon Society
in PA to participate in the 2006 North American Migration Count, coinciding
with International Migratory Bird Day)
<http://www.publicopiniononline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060429/SPORTS/604290339/1006>
AUDUBON STATE PROGRAMS
Volunteers Pick Up Five Tons of Trash (Audubon Ohio participates in an Earth
Day clean-up along the Scioto River)
<http://www.thisweeknews.com/?edition=common&story=thisweeknews/042706/GermanVillage/News/042706-News-140249.html>
Bird Enthusiasts Have Busy Morning on Greenwood Island (Audubon Mississippi a
part of the fourth annual Wild Wing - Migration Discovery Festival)
<http://www.gulflive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/1146046521198440.xml?mississippi?pnews&coll=5>
Federal Bill May Aid Sensitive Shoreline (Thomas Baptist, executive director of
Audubon Connecticut, included in story about a federal initiative to help
preserve land around Long Island Sound)
<http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-ctlisbill0429.artapr29,0,3861064.story?coll=hc-headlines-local>
Battle Isn't Over for Boundary Expansion (The Miami-Dade County Commissioners
votes to deny all but one of the development applications to extend the Urban
Development Boundary line towards the Everglades; Audubon of Florida and other
partners of the Hold the Line campaign were instrumental in this victory -
Jamie L. Furgang of Audubon of Florida quoted extensively)
<http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/14407383.htm>
BIRDS & BIRDING
Bird-Watching is Looking Up (Audubon and the IBA program included in article
about how to become a birdwatcher)
<http://usaweekend.com/06_issues/060507/060507travelsmart.html>
From Yucatán to New Jersey, Joining Hands to Preserve a Flyway (Article about
organizations partnering together in the conservation of birds - Greg Butcher,
director of Bird Conservation for National Audubon society, quoted)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/25/science/25land.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>(registration
and payment required)
Birders Rejoice at Spring Chorus (Bird watching in Maine; Don Reimer of the
Mid-Coast Audubon Society, and Maine Audubon, included in article)
<http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=133002>
Bird-Nerd Nirvana (Profile of Portal, AZ, which has become a must-go
destination for birders - Greg Butcher quoted)
<http://www.azstarnet.com/accent/125580.php>
Smile for the Birdies as They Return (Where to view migrating birds in Michigan
- Michigan Audubon Society included in article)
<http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060430/SPORTS/604300323/1006>
EDUCATION AND AUDUBON CENTERS AND SANCTUARIES
Bird Watchers in Their Prime (Bird watching at the Audubon Center in Greenwich)
<http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/local/scn-gt-bird2apr22,0,1033667.story?coll=green-news-local-headlines>
Lingle OKs Funding for Waimea Valley (Gov. Linda Lingle secures the last
dollars needed to close a deal preserving Oahu's Waimea Valley, including the
Waimea Valley Audubon Center - Audubon has been instrumental in the protection
of the Valley)
<http://starbulletin.com/2006/04/25/news/story08.html>
IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS (IBA) PROGRAM
Reservoir Designated Important Bird Area (Profile of Fossil Creek Reservoir in
Colorado, which the Fort Collins Audubon Society had designated as a statewide
IBA in 2001)
<http://www.northfortynews.com/News/200605reservoirBirdArea.htm>
Birdwatching at GPFWA Interesting, Easy To Do (Birdwatching at the Goose Pond
Fish and Wildlife Area in Indiana, designated as an IBA - James Cole, Indiana
IBA coordinator, quoted extensively)
<http://www.dailycitizen.com/articles/2006/05/01/news/dbirding.txt>
INTERNATIONAL NEWS FROM AUDUBON'S BIRDLIFE PARTNERS
BirdLife Spearheads Iraqi Conservation Project in Garden of Eden (Pioneering
BirdLife International project will monitor and improve the status of wildlife
in the Middle East)
<http://www.birdlife.org/news/pr/2006/04/iraq.html>
Hunt Begins for Rare Woodpecker (Backed by a grant from Birdlife International,
the search has begun in eastern Cuba for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker)
<http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sfl-awoodpeckerapr28,1,3565885.story?ctrack=1&cset=true>(registration
required)
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY PROGRAMS
'Green' Coffee Fits for Earth Day (Audubon included in story about the benefits
of shade-grown coffee)
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/14404537.htm>
How 'Green' is Your Lawn? (Information from Audubon cited in article about
pesticides)
<http://archive.dailyitem.com/archive/2006/0422/local/stories/06local.htm>
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