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Happy 2012 to All!

. The new year is already in full swing, with lots of upcoming lectures, field trips, bird counts, and legislative agenda on conservation issues. Stay tuned here and with the upcoming February Wild Phlox, our blog, and Facebook page!

Lots of conservation issues are being actively discussed and decided. Please let your voice be heard!
For more information and links, please see our Conservation page.

January 25, 11 AM PST: Webinar on Reducing Bird Collisions:

Learn about how the American Bird Conservancy has been working to develop ways to reduce bird collisions with buildings. The recent victory in San Francisco, a review of ABC’s Guide to Bird Friendly Building Design, and other collisions issues will be discussed. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session.

To participate you will need to register at https://abcbirdsevents.webex.com/abcbirdsevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=664644266


Greater Sage Grouse Conservation Plan:

The BLM and USFS are seeking public comment on their plan to conserve this iconic bird through management of public lands from Colorado to Oregon. Please submit comments at http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5400/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9246.

Growth Management Act in danger of repeal:

This is under review in the Washington state legislature right now. The Growth Management Act is one of the most important laws we have to protect birds and the environment - it requires cities and counties to plan for growth, plan for transportation, and to ensure protection of critical areas and natural resources. Please call your representatives and tell them to VOTE NO on HB 2282 -- toll-free number: 800.562.6000

North Central Washington Audubon Society, a local chapter of the National Audubon Society, is dedicated to furthering the knowledge and the conservation of the environment of North Central Washington, our Nation, and the World.

E mail: info@ncwaudubon.org

 

Goals, Hopes, Aspirations, and Plans of the North Central Washington Audubon Society, from chapter president Mark Oswood:

  • We promote resource decisions based on the best available data. Many times, differences dissolve and solutions coagulate when people have good information.

    We try to be honest brokers in environmental conflicts. Our aim is to serve the same function as mucous in the human body; lubricate and trap foreign particles.

    Sustainable economies are the only road into the future. Ecology and economy derive from the same root word.

    We do birds – watch them, count them, protect them. Birds are one of the grandest expressions of life.

    We believe in citizen science and life-long learning. We can all be scholars.

  • We are “outside consultants” – leading field trips, holding outdoor classes, and doing “dirt work.” A meadow of spring flowers, ravens doing acrobatics, and a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis are best experienced viscerally, not virtually.

 
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We invite you to join the North Central Washington Audubon Society. As a member of our local chapter, you will receive our newsletter, The Wild Phlox, as well as Audubon magazine. Dues help support our monthly programs, education outreach for local schoolchildren, conservation efforts and more. As a member of National Audubon, your membership payment helps monitor bird populations and to conserve wetlands, and the many other challenging conservation programs Audubon undertakes to ensure a healthier environment.