[chapter-communicator] Audubon Newswire: Volume 3, Number 18
- From: "TENNEFOSS, Lynn" <ltennefoss@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Audubon Newswire - "News on Audubon Happenings"
> Volume 3, Number 18
> Friday, October 14, 2005
>
> In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
> -- Aristotle
>
> In this Issue:
>
> -- Audubon Mississippi's Coastal Project Office Works to Promote the
> Recovery of
> Habitat for Birds and Other Wildlife in Areas Stricken by
> Hurricane Katrina
> -- Audubon Recognizes Oregon's Siletz Bay as an Important Bird Area
> -- National Audubon Society Recognizes Five New Important Bird Areas
> in Virginia
> -- Audubon Ohio Asks Ohio EPA to Deny Permit to Destroy Wetlands on
> Middle Bass
> Island
> -- Alafia Banks Bird Sanctuary to be Dedicated in Honor of Richard T.
> Paul
> -- Florida State Historical Marker for Audubon Warden
> -- The Goldman Environmental Prize Introduces New High School
> Environmental Ethics
> Curriculum
> -- The Centennial Audubon Medal Gala, Honoring the Rockefeller Family,
> Raises Over
> $1.1 Million To Date
>
> Announcements:
>
> -- Information on Avian Influenza Posted on Audubon's Website
> -- Reminder: There's Still Time to 'Bid With Your Lid'
> -- "60 Minutes" to Air Ivory-billed Woodpecker Story on October 16
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> Audubon Mississippi's Coastal Project Office Works to Promote the
> Recovery of Habitat for Birds and Other Wildlife in Areas Stricken by
> Hurricane Katrina
>
> Moss Point, MS, October 14, 2005 - Audubon Mississippi's Coastal
> Project Office, along with the Mississippi Coast Audubon Society and
> many other partners, is working to promote the recovery of habitat for
> birds and other wildlife in areas stricken by Hurricane Katrina. One
> level of that work, dubbed Operation Backyard Recovery by longtime
> local Audubon leader Judy Toups of Gulfport, focuses on families and
> communities. It follows many of the themes of Audubon at Home, namely
> that by taking personal conservation action, everyone can improve the
> environmental health and habitat quality close to home and,
> collectively, over the larger landscape.
>
> To read a summary of Operation Backyard Recovery see
> <http://www.msaudubon.org/includes/pdf/Operation%20Backyard%20Recovery
> .pdf>.
> To learn how you can support the work of Audubon across the Gulf
> Coast, see
> www.msaudubon.org/support <http://www.msaudubon.org/support>.
>
> For more information, contact Dr. Mark LaSalle, Audubon Mississippi's
> Coastal Project Director, at 228-475-0825 or mlasalle@xxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:mlasalle@xxxxxxxxxxx>.
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> Audubon Recognizes Oregon's Siletz Bay as an Important Bird Area
>
> Lincoln City, OR, October 14, 2005 - On October 13, the Audubon
> Society of Portland and Lincoln City Audubon named the Siletz Bay an
> Important Bird Area (IBA) in an official unveiling ceremony. This
> site, comprised of Siletz Bay and the Siletz Bay National Wildlife
> Refuge (NWR), which is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
> Service, exemplifies the geographic diversity of selected sites and is
> a model for involvement of city officials and state and federal land
> managers in the IBA program.
>
> The Oregon IBA program, part of the national initiative led by the
> National Audubon Society, was launched by the Audubon Society of
> Portland in 2002. The IBA Program scientifically identifies the top
> sites important to bird conservation throughout the state and promotes
> the preservation, restoration and improvement of critical bird habitat
> at these sites through partnerships, education and citizen monitoring.
> Raising awareness of the last and best habitats for birds in Oregon -
> from high desert wetlands to lush conifer forests to the Pacific Ocean
> - the IBA Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) in Oregon has identified
> just over 100 IBA sites throughout the state.
>
> Susan Ash, Conservation Director of Audubon Society of Portland
> describes the unveiling of the Coastal IBAs as a first step, "Today we
> move from a scientific process selecting nominated sites to a public
> participation process including monitoring and restoration of selected
> IBAs that will help ensure conservation of areas critical to birds and
> other wildlife for future generations."
>
> For information on the Oregon IBA program, visit www.oregoniba.org
> <http://www.oregoniba.org/>.
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> National Audubon Society Recognizes Five New Important Bird Areas in
> Virginia
>
> Ashland, VA, October 14, 2005 - National Audubon Society recognized
> five new Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Virginia, from all regions of
> the state and representing a range of habitats that include open grass
> and shrublands, forested wetlands, high-elevation mountain-tops, and
> dense mountain forests. These areas may support significant abundance
> or diversity of at-risk bird species, birds in rare or unique habitats
> or species for which Virginia has a significant responsibility to
> protect, species that are not widely distributed, and birds that
> congregate in large numbers.
>
> The five most recently identified IBAs in Virginia include Mount
> Rogers/Whitetop Mountain; Upper Blue Ridge Mountains; Manassas
> National Battlefield Park; James River Wetlands; and Radford Army
> Ammunition Plant.
>
> "With these new recognitions, there are now a total of eight Virginia
> IBAs," said Aimee Weldon, Virginia's IBA coordinator. "Because
> Virginia is so varied in habitat types, our state contains a great
> diversity of birds. It is the hope that these new IBAs will help to
> raise awareness about and ultimately help to preserve Virginia's
> unique habitats that so many vulnerable bird species depend upon."
>
> For more information about the program, go to the IBA website at
> <http://www.audubon.org/bird/iba> and click on Virginia.
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> Audubon Ohio Asks Ohio EPA to Deny Permit to Destroy Wetlands on
> Middle Bass Island
>
> Columbus, OH, October 14, 2005 - During testimony at a public hearing
> on October 11 on Middle Bass Island in Lake Erie, Audubon Ohio advised
> the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) that it opposes
> granting a permit to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR)
> for a proposed project on Middle Bass Island. The ODNR project, which
> would expand an existing state-owned marina and construct campground
> facilities on Middle Bass Island, would destroy critical wetlands -
> the most threatened ecosystem in Ohio - in a rare Lake Erie island
> habitat.
>
> "We are disappointed that a state agency normally charged with
> protecting natural resources is actively seeking to destroy them,"
> said Jerome Tinianow, executive director of Audubon Ohio. "We hope
> the ODNR will reconsider this ill-advised project."
>
> Middle Bass Island's wetlands are designated as Category 3, which the
> Ohio EPA identifies as the highest and most ecologically significant
> category of wetland subject to state regulation. In addition, the
> marina on Middle Bass Island sits within the territory of the Lake
> Erie Water Snake, a federally-listed threatened species under the
> Endangered Species Act.
>
> For more information about Audubon Ohio's programs, visit:
> <http://www.audubon.org/chapter/oh/oh/index.html>.
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> Alafia Banks Bird Sanctuary to be Dedicated in Honor of Richard T.
> Paul
>
> Tampa Bay, FL, October 14, 2005 - On November 10, Mosaic Inc. will
> dedicate the Alafia Banks Bird Sanctuary in honor of long-time Audubon
> Sanctuary Manager Richard T. Paul. The Sanctuary will be renamed in
> honor of Mr. Paul, who served as Sanctuary Manager from 1980-2003.
>
> The Alafia Banks Bird Sanctuary, comprised of two spoil islands
> located at the mouth of the Alafia River near Riverview in Tampa Bay,
> Florida, has been ranked as the most important wading bird colony in
> Florida. This ranking is based on the number of pairs of birds that
> nest there, the species diversity (the Alafia Bank is one of the most
> diverse colonies in North America), and the length of time that the
> site has been used as a nesting colony.
>
> Mr. Paul surveyed, managed, posted, and patrolled the Sanctuary, and
> used the island and its bird population as tools to reach out to
> educate the public and land-use agencies to protect natural resources
> in Tampa Bay and the surrounding communities. Several Tampa Bay
> habitat restoration projects are the result of his involvement and
> participation.
>
> For more information about the Alafia Banks Bird Sanctuary, go to
> <http://www.audubonofflorida.org/conservation/coastal.htm>.
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> Florida State Historical Marker for Audubon Warden
>
> Punta Gorda, FL, October 14, 2005 - A multi-year project to recognize
> Audubon Warden Columbus McLeod is entering its final stages, with a
> Florida State Historical Marker scheduled to ship this month. The
> marker will be installed by the City of Punta Gorda in Ponce De Leon
> Park, and will recognize a man who gave his life in 1908 trying to
> protect wading birds from plume hunters. His presumed murder by plume
> hunters helped spark a national campaign against the use of feathers
> in ladies' hats, thereby helping to save the wading bird population in
> Florida.
>
> A dedication ceremony will be performed after installation of the
> marker.
>
> The project has been funded by Columbus McLeod Project donations to
> the Peace River Audubon Society and a grant from the Bureau of
> Historic Preservation, Division of Historical Resources, Florida
> Department of State, assisted by the Florida Historical Commission.
> The City of Punta Gorda is providing both the location in Ponce De
> Leon Park and installation of the marker.
>
> For more information about the Peace River Audubon Society, go to
> <http://www.peaceriveraudubon.org/>.
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> ---------------------------------
> The Goldman Environmental Prize Introduces New High School
> Environmental Ethics Curriculum
>
> San Francisco, CA, October 14, 2005 - The Goldman Environmental Prize
> has launched a new high school curriculum that will engage and educate
> the next generation of environmental leaders.
>
> Dozens of environmental and educational organizations asked to review
> the new curriculum and have endorsed it, including National Audubon
> Society, the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation,
> the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Sierra Club.
>
> The curriculum consists of a 60 minute video, in 7 parts, that
> introduces students to concepts in environmental ethics. The videos
> profile seventeen Goldman Environmental Prize winners whose powerful
> stories challenge students to explore their own attitudes towards
> humankind's relationship to the natural world. The video, along with
> teacher and student guides, which are aligned to national standards of
> education, will help students improve their critical thinking skills,
> make informed decisions based on their own values, and feel empowered
> to make a difference in their own communities.
>
> For more information about the curriculum, go to www.envethics.org
> <http://www.envethics.org>.
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> ---------------------------------
> The Centennial Audubon Medal Gala, Honoring the Rockefeller Family,
> Raises Over $1.1 Million To Date
>
> New York, NY, October 14, 2005 - The Centennial Audubon Medal Gala, to
> be held this November 15th at the American Museum of Natural History
> in New York City, has raised over $1,100,000 to date.
>
> This gala dinner event will honor six generations of the Rockefeller
> family and their contributions to conservation over the past century.
> Former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw will serve as the evening's
> host, while filmmaker, conservationist (and Audubon Medal recipient)
> Robert Redford will narrate the evening's video.
>
> National Audubon Board members Anne and Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff
> are serving as the Benefit Chairs, while Richard Parsons, Chairman and
> Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner and Walter Shipley, former
> Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, are serving as Corporate Chairs for
> this event. Invitations have been mailed and we anticipate an
> exciting and memorable evening.
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> ANNOUNCEMENTS
>
> Information on Avian Influenza Posted on Audubon's Website - To see up
> to date information about Avian Influenza (or Bird Flu), go to
> <http://www.audubon.org/bird/stateofthebirds/AvianInfluenzaInformation
> .html>.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Reminder: There's Still Time to 'Bid with Your Lid'! - Go to
> <http://www.stonyfield.com> to support Audubon in Stonyfield Farm's
> "Bid With Your Lid" program! Deadline for the special promotion is
> October 31, 2005.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> "60 Minutes" to Air Ivory-billed Woodpecker Story on October 16 - On
> Sunday, October 16 at 7PM ET/PT on CBS, Ed Bradley tells the amazing
> story of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker's resurrection in the piece "The
> Lord God Bird."
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