Dear TNBirders, Please respond to this Audubon Action Alert and contact Sen.s Corker and Alexander urging them to support this part of the budget package. This week, the U.S. Senate will vote on two critically important amendments to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (HR1). These amendments will provide billions for ecosystem restoration, habitat restoration on wildlife refuges, and other critically important environmental projects, while putting Americans back to work and helping to put America's economy back on track. If we don't act now, Congress could miss this historic opportunity to provide much needed funding to restore major ecosystems such as the Everglades, Long Island Sound, and Coastal Louisiana and to address the $3.5 billion operations and maintenance backlog that is crippling the National Wildlife Refuge System. You can find out more and send an e-mail directly to your U.S. Senators at the National Audubon Society's Action Center: _http://audubonaction.org/campaign/hr1_feb09?rk=Wd3W_us1d2haW_ (http://audubonaction.org/campaign/hr1_feb09?rk=Wd3W_us1d2haW) Richard Connors Nashville **************Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1217883258x1201191827/aol?redir=http://ad.doubleclick. net/clk;211531132;33070124;e) =================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/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________