[TN-Bird] Support Ivory-billed Woodpecker Habitat - Purchase a Duck Stamp
- From: "Michael Roedel" <Michael.Roedel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 14:36:43 -0500
Tennessee Birders,
At the Tennessee Ornithological Society (TOS) meeting in Memphis last
weekend, Paul Baicich encouraged birders to purchase the "Duck Stamp" to
help support National Wildlife Refuges. Paul reminded us that the Duck
Stamp does much more than purchase duck habitat. The distinction
between game and nongame wildlife is becoming less evident. Nongame
birds and other species are supported right alongside the game species
by the Refuge system. We shouldn't leave it all up to the hunters to
support this program. Birdwatchers too can proudly hold up their Duck
Stamp and say they've helped.
The 56,000-acre Cache River National Wildlife Refuge
http://www.fws.gov/cacheriver/ - core "home" of the re-discovered
Ivory-billed Woodpecker - was founded relatively recently (16 June
1986). This National Wildlife Refuge has been recognized as a Wetland of
International Importance by the RAMSAR Convention. Out of its current
56,000 acres, fully 43,816 acres, or over 77% was acquired through funds
that have come through the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation
[Duck] Stamp. (That cost was $38,057,436.)
Similarly, the nearby and much larger - at over 160,000 acres - White
River National Wildlife Refuge http://whiteriver.fws.gov/ has had 10,145
acres acquired through $5,254,645 from the Migratory Bird Conservation
Fund, of which the Stamp is a major contributor.
Tennessee's National Wildlife Refuges include: Chickasaw NWR, Cross
Creeks NWR, Hatchie NWR, Lake Isom NWR, Lower Hatchie NWR, Reelfoot NWR,
and Tennessee NWR. More information about these refuges can be found
at http://www.fws.gov/southeast/.
I would encourage each and every birder in Tennessee to purchase a duck
stamp today. I think we've all wished at some point that we could
identify more effective ways to help support wildlife habitats. The
duck stamp is certainly an effective way to help provide good habitat
for birds. Please visit the Duck Stamp website at
http://duckstamps.fws.gov/. You can purchase the "Migratory Bird
Hunting and Conservation" stamp online or at the US Postal Service
office down the street.
Michael Roedel, State Ornithologist
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
P.O. Box 40747 Nashville, TN 37204
michael.roedel@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.state.tn.us/twra
=================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
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
========================================================
Other related posts:
- » [TN-Bird] Support Ivory-billed Woodpecker Habitat - Purchase a Duck Stamp
