Thought y'all might be interested in attending one of these talks on Mountaintop Removal, since it's an issue of serious concern for birds and other wildlife. The one at Sewanee is this afternoon, and the one at MTSU is tomorrow (details in the forwarded message below). Cheers-- Laura McCall, Highland Rim TOS Lynchburg, TN Begin forwarded message: > From: <louannpartington@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: November 23, 2006 12:32:45 CST > To: <lmccall@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Talk on mountain top removal mining > > FYI......got this from one of my hiking buddies. I'm going to try and > go to the one at Sewanee. > > > MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL (WHAT CAN WE DO TO STOP IT?) > There will be an educational and action program about this very real > threat to our beautiful Tennessee mountains and ecology, presented on > two dates and two locations. I am sure most of you will want to attend > one of the meetings. > > Sewanee (near Monteagle) - Gailor Auditorium in Gailor Hall, > University of the South Campus at 4:30 PM on Tuesday, Nov. 28 > > Murfreesboro -- Business & Aerospace Building, State Farm Room, MTSU > Campus (Located across the court yard from the Walker Library) at 7 PM > - 9 PM on Wednesday, Nov. 29. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > > > > > ============================================================ > > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________