[chapter-communicator] Audubon Newswire: Volume 4, Number 13
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Audubon Newswire - "News on Audubon Happenings"
Volume 4, Number 13
Thursday, July 6, 2006
If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt,
we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a
glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through
with it.
-- Lyndon B. Johnson
In this Issue:
-- National Audubon Society Condemns Passage of House Offshore Drilling Bill
-- National Audubon Society Offers Beachgoers Tips on Having Fun While
Protecting Shorebirds
-- Andy Wood, Director of Education for Audubon North Carolina, Turns Radio
Commentaries to Printed Page
-- Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania Announces 2006 Environmental
Education and Conservation Award Winners
Announcements:
-- Add Your Upcoming Audubon Events to the Birding Festivals and Events Calendar
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National Audubon Society Condemns Passage of House Offshore Drilling Bill
July 6, 2006 - Last week the House passed legislation intended to expand
offshore oil and natural gas drilling.
According to Mike Daulton, Director of Conservation Policy for the National
Audubon Society, "in a Congress that has produced no productive solutions to
the biggest energy and environmental challenge of recent times, this offshore
drilling proposal sets a new low.
"Removing a quarter-century old ban on dangerous drilling off of our
irreplaceable coastlines is reckless and irresponsible.
"The oil and gas industry already has access to over 80 percent of the known
reserves of oil and natural gas in our offshore areas. They have rights to more
than 4,000 untapped leases in the Gulf of Mexico alone. It makes no sense to
put our coasts at risk when the industry has not even tapped into the leases
they already have."
The bill, which has been strongly criticized by conservationists, now heads to
the Senate, but faces tougher challenges under the threat of filibuster.
For more information about the bill, please visit:
<http://www.audubon.org/news/press_releases/offshoredrilling_06_30_06.html#TopOfPage>.
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National Audubon Society Offers Beachgoers Tips on Having Fun While Protecting
Shorebirds
July 6, 2006, New York, NY - Fourth of July weekend is normally a call to the
coast for boating, beach parties and water sports, but it can also mean
disaster for shorebirds. To help people enjoy the holiday and avoid disturbing
our feathered friends, the National Audubon Society encouraged beachgoers to
take a few easy precautions when they headed out for the holiday weekend.
Shorebirds use our beaches for nesting, resting and feeding, and include
families like sandpipers, as well as their tern and gull allies. Their
beach-toned plumages of white, gray and tan afford them critical camouflage
protection from natural predators and make them well suited to life in a
habitat of extreme temperatures. Unfortunately, their camouflage works on
beachgoers too who inadvertently disturb the birds.
The crush of people drawn to the coasts for holidays can spell imminent doom to
nesting shorebirds. Human disturbance flushes shorebirds off their nests,
leaving their eggs to cook in the hot sun in mere minutes. Solitary nesting
species like Plovers are often unnoticed and many colonial nesters, including
Terns, are apparent only because their colonies are roped off by officials to
help limit disturbance.
To see a full list of the precautions beachgoers can take to protect nesting
and feeding shorebirds, please visit
<http://www.audubon.org/news/press_releases/ShorebirdTips_06_29_06.html>.
For more information about Audubon's Coastal Bird Conservation Program, please
visit <http://www.audubon.org/bird/pdf/CoastalBirdConservation.pdf>.
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Andy Wood, Director of Education for Audubon North Carolina, Turns Radio
Commentaries to Printed Page
July 6, 2006, Wilmington, NC - As anyone who has crafted commentaries for the
three- to four-minute time slot of a radio feature can tell you, writing a book
is a whole different matter. But after eighteen years and nearly eight hundred
commentaries-all produced for WHQR 91.3 National Public Radio out of
Wilmington, North Carolina-Andy Wood decided it was time.
Fans of Wood's vivid, thought-provoking on-air essays will welcome this volume
of 52 selections, edited and arranged to present a cycle that reflects the
world just outside their back doors. Those new to Wood's work will likewise
enjoy Backyard Carolina. Though geared toward an adult audience, the topics
covered, from the phenomenon of watching the daily parade of songbirds at
feeders, to a humorous encounter with an unexpected alligator, to the stories
of rescued snakes and seaturtles, will delight readers of all ages.
The book was the result of collaboration with the Publishing Laboratory at
UNCW, a regional publishing imprint that involves students of creative writing
in the "real-world" business of book publishing. Louisa Jonas, a master of fine
arts candidate in creative nonfiction, spearheaded the project; finely detailed
pencil illustrations were commissioned from Melissa Smith of UNCW's Marine
Science Center; and other students under the direction of Dr. Barbara Brannon
of the Creative Writing Department handled editing, design, and production.
The book is available in retail bookstores regionally or directly through the
UNCW Department of Creative Writing and is also available for trade
distribution nationwide.
For more information about the book, please contact Barbara Brannon in the
Publishing Laboratory at 910-962-7401, brannonb@xxxxxxxx
<mailto:brannonb@xxxxxxxx>, or call the UNCW Department of Creative Writing at
910-962-7063.
For more information about Audubon North Carolina, please visit:
<http://www.ncaudubon.org/>.
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Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania Announces 2006 Environmental Education
and Conservation Award Winners
July 6, 2006, Fox Chapel, PA - Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania (ASWP)
recently presented six awards to local individuals and organizations that
exemplify ASWP's environmental education and conservation mission. This year's
award winners are:
- The Trustee Award, presented to an organization in recognition of outstanding
effort to further the cause of conservation in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, was given to Nine Mile Run.
- The W. E. Clyde Todd Award, presented to an individual in recognition of
outstanding effort to further the cause of conservation in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, was given to Ralph Bell.
- The James H. Hardie Environmental Excellence Award, presented to a business
or company that displays outstanding environmental stewardship, was given to
Eichenlaub, Inc.
- The Betty Abbott Excellence in Teaching Award, presented to a classroom
teacher whose commitment to environmental education inspires students to become
responsible stewards of the environment, was given to Ruth Roperti from Shady
Side Academy.
- The Beulah Frey $1,000 Academic Scholarship, awarded each spring to
graduating high school seniors enabling them to further their studies in an
environmentally related field, was presented to Daniel Williams and Brandon
Goeller.
For more information about the award winners or the Audubon Society of Western
Pennsylvania, please contact Rachel Mohr Handel at rhandel@xxxxxxxx
<mailto:rhandel@xxxxxxxx> or 412-963-6100.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Add Your Upcoming Audubon Events to the Birding Festivals and Events Calendar -
The National Audubon Society invites you to submit upcoming Audubon-sponsored
events that have broad appeal to local and out-of-town participants, or
national events of general interest to the birding and conservation community.
These events will be posted on the National Audubon Society's Birding and
Events Calendar, located on the website.
To submit an event, please visit:
<http://www.audubon.org/birdingcalendar/form.php>.
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