With all the talk about buying Duck Stamps, I thought it timely to mention that last January I joined Ducks Unlimited. 86% of my $35.00 membership cost goes toward conservation and education. While Duck Stamp money goes toward wetlands easements, Ducks Unlimited money goes toward grasslands easements, particularly in the Dakotas and Missouri. They are pushing hard right now to keep native praries intact. DU is also active in habitat restoration in TENN, with over 27,000 acres conserved to date. Also, this Sept will be the first time the Duck Stamp artist design competition will be held outside of Wash DC. It will be held here in Memphis, at the headquarters of Ducks Unlimited. If you would like me to email you a "fact sheet" on DU, please let me know. You can join DU by calling 1-800-45-DUCKS. Linda Zempel Bartlett, TN Shelby CO. =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================