The most recent editorial in ABA's Birding magazine asks birders to go beyond
simply enjoying the hobby of birdwatching and make the connection between our
favorite pastime and the underlying need for conservation and preservation.
I'd go further and say that each of us needs to do a lot more to guarantee that
we and future generations can still enjoy birding and wildlife-watching. While
it may seem that we're powerless as individuals to take on tough environmental
issues, there are many instances that we can personally make a difference and
work together to bring about a positive outcome.
Obviously, the editorial and discussions about it has started me thinking about
my own involvement and need for personal actions. I'd like to focus on this
topic in a future newspaper article for the Richmond Times-Dispatch that I'm
writing and would like your input. Please send me your thoughts and ideas
about what we can do, as individuals, to maintain (or attain) an environment
that protects and nurtures birdlife and other wildlife. What actions can
ordinary individuals take on a day-by-day basis to make this happen? What
personal efforts or interventions are needed? I'd really like your opinions
and ideas as fellow listserv conservationists, and look forward to your sharing
them with me.
A couple of suggestions: 1) send along three or four practical actions, 2) be
brief and succinct, and 3) send them to me offline at flyways@xxxxxxxxx. I
think that this may be an opportunity to stimulate thought among RTD readers,
and to suggest to both casual backyard birdwatchers and more enthusiastic
birders that there are ways for them to get involved with bird conservation.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Jerry Uhlman
flyways@xxxxxxxxx
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