[chapter-communicator] Audubon in the News, September 20, 2007
- From: "TENNEFOSS, Lynn" <ltennefoss@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:55:27 -0400
September 20, 2007
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We hope that you find the Sept. 20 edition of "Audubon in the News," below,
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NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY PROGRAMS
Audubon President Wowed by New Joplin Center (John Flicker, National Audubon
Society's president, is interviewed for a story about the milestone opening of
the Wildcat Glades Conservation and Audubon Center in Joplin, MO)(Click on the
left column to listen to parts of the interview with John Flicker and Tony
Robyn, the center's director)
http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_250224451.html
In our View: We are Stewards (Editorial lauds the new Wildcat Glades Center in
Missouri as vision for conservation efforts in the city of Joplin)
http://www.joplinglobe.com/editorial/local_story_254003547.html?keyword=topstory
Slide Show: Great Backyard Bird Count (Beautiful birds are the stars of
Southern Living magazine's Great Backyard Bird Count slideshow)
http://www.southernliving.com/southern/gardens/seasonal_gardens/slideshow/0,14243,410560,00.html
Florida's Birds Try to Wing It (Article explores Florida's bird populations in
light of the recent Audubon Common Birds in Decline analysis; Julie Wraithmell,
a policy staffer for Audubon of Florida, is quoted)
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orl-bird17sep17,0,5033319.story
AUDUBON PUBLIC POLICY
ENVIRONMENT: Wind Storm-A Debate Over Power and Place (Article cites National
Audubon's wind power policy in a discussion on benefits and downfalls to wind
farms in Upstate New York; June Summers, president of the Genesee Valley
Audubon Society, is quoted)
http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/news/articles/ENVIRONMENT%3A+Wind+storm+-+a+debate+over+power+and+place/comments/
AUDUBON STATE PROGRAMS
Navy Looks at Six New Landing Sites (Article about the Navy's recent review of
alternative sites for its proposed practice landing strips in North Carolina;
Chris Canfield, Audubon North Carolina's executive director, is quoted)
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/708749.html
Feds to Test Blackbird Baiting Project (Audubon North Dakota executive
director, Genevieve Thompson, is quoted in a story about USDA's plans to
control local blackbird populations with poisoned bait)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iQSaXKBhsiELK5cmI15f5Prtw1mw
Historic Effort for Imperiled Blackbird (Garrison Frost, Audubon California's
director of marketing and communications, weighs in on an article describing a
compromise for conservation of the tricolored blackbird, whose numbers in
California have dwindled; Audubon California participated in drafting the plan)
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070917/A_NEWS/709170319
Joint Project Creates Restored Nesting Habitat for Declining Bird Population
(Article about a joint restoration project for shrubland birds between Audubon
Chicago Region and a utility company; Judy Pollock, Audubon Chicago Region's
director of bird conservation, is quoted)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/AQTU06218092007-1.htm
New Bonner Span Challenged Again (Article describes a challenge in North
Carolina over the Administration's plan to build a new span of the Bonner
bridge; Audubon North Carolina was involved in challenging the plan)
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/685645.html
LR Volunteers Take Out the Trash at Fourche Creek (Article about volunteers
helping to clean up trash in Fourche Creek in Arkansas; Audubon Arkansas'
Fourche Creek Project Manager, Kevin Pierson, is quoted)
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/200935/
Beauty, Bucks Sought in Bird Trail (Article describes North Carolina's efforts
to connect birding and tourism with a new birding trail; Chris Canfield,
executive director of Audubon North Carolina, is quoted)
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/growth/story/612940.html
EDUCATION AND AUDUBON CENTERS AND SANCTUARIES
Sanctuaries are Great Success Story (Norm Brunswig, executive director of
Audubon South Carolina, pens an op-ed about successful sanctuaries in the state)
http://www.charleston.net/news/2007/sep/08/sanctuaries_great_success15271/
Hour by Hour (Article highlights the 2007 Montezuma Muckrace, a fundraiser held
yearly by Audubon New York and Friends of the Montezuma Wetland Complex;
Jillian Liner, IBA coordinator for Audubon New York, is quoted)
http://www.auburnpub.com/articles/2007/09/08/news/go/go02.txt
AUDUBON CHAPTERS
There's No Regret Over Great Egret (Bob Sallinger, conservation director for
the Portland Audubon Society, is quoted in a story about the return of egrets
to a wetlands area in Oregon)
http://www.portlandtribune.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=118912064235115700
Mount San Jacinto Wilderness Project Postponed Indefinitely (Article about
efforts to stop a controversial conservation project in a state-designated
wilderness areas; San Bernadino Valley Audubon Society president, Drew
Feldmann, is quoted)
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_wilderness14.3f2093b.html
IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS
Local Bird Hotspots Get Attention (Article highlights Important Bird Area
hotspots in Pennsylvania)
http://www.thederrick.com/stories/09132007-4075.shtml
BIRDS, BIRDING AND WILDLIFE
Movies Don't Give a Hoot (Audubon California's director of conservation, Graham
Chisholm, writes an op-ed about Hollywood's tendency use birds as extras-in the
wrong places)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/14/AR2007091401969.html?referrer=emailarticle
Goldenrod- It's a Brutal World! (Audubon Connecticut's Bridget Butler takes
local news cameras into a field of goldenrod looking for insects)
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=7002188
They Fly by Night: Restless Thrushes Called to Migrate (Ronnie Blackwell, of
the Pine Woods Audubon Society in Hattiesburg, MS, pens his periodic column in
the Hattiesburg American)
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070920/LIFESTYLE/709200342/1024
INTERNATIONAL NEWS FROM AUDUBON'S BIRDLIFE PARTNERS
More Birds Than Ever Face Extinction - but Success Stories Highlight Way
Forward (Article highlights conservation successes among species listed on the
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species-a list maintained by BirdLife
International)
http://www.surfbirds.com/sbirdsnews/archives/2007/09/more_birds_than.html
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