January 1998 Audubon Log Northeastern Wisconsin Audubon Society

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Nonheastern'Wisconsin Audubon Society, Inc.Janaary - Febraary 19?SIssue No. 456Door County Land T?ustEfforts to sal,esomeofDoor County'snatural flleas

Wednesday, anuary 4/1 6:45 p.m.Bay Beach \Vildlife SattctuaryOur f i r s t p rogramof l99B wi l l be on the top ic of

protect ingand preserving he naturalareasof DoorCounty .Dan Burke,Execut iveDirectorof the Door CountyLandTrust , wi l l presentan i l lustratedprogram onwhat exact lya land trust is, and the very specialnaturalhabitat hat a land trust can protect n theDoor Countypen insu la .As more and more peoplediscoveredhe beautyof Door County, he overuseand overdevelopment,espec ia l l yn someareas , egan o take t s to l l on theland. Door County's our ism has grown dramat ical lyover he pastdecade, nd along with that the de-mand for land has also fol lowed suit . Many devel-operscont inue o try to secureareas or futuregrowth. l t wasn't ong ago that even he DoorCountyChamberof Commerce oiceda need orl imi t ingcer ta in ypes of deve lopment .Dan w i l l d iscuss he h is to ryo f the Door CountyLandTrust , heir goals or the near uture, how theorgan iza t ion e te rmines h ich areas hey w i l l t ry tosave, nd what areas hey havebeenable o set asidein a land rust so far . Dan w i l l a lso e t us know whatin te res ted eop le an do to he lp .The Door County LandTrust has received ona-t ions rom the NEWAudubonEndowment und.Audubon'sBoardof Directors oted to support heTrust 'sspecialef for tsand projects.As always; pecial reats and refreshments i l lbe served mmedia te lyo l lowing he program.

Ice Ag" SnailsGlacial elicsfinil a anique ttongholdon he"cliffs"of northeastVisconsinWednesday,Febraary 4 4 6:45 V.m.Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary

Right her"en our own backyard s a l i t t le placeofwonder. On the University f Wisconsin-Greenaycampus,a raw outcropof the NiagaraEscarpmenthas beens tud ied , evea l ing ome n te res t ingind-in g s .Dr.Jef f Nekola,AssistantProfessor f NaturalandApplied Sciences t UWGBwil l presenta fascinat ingprogramon the new discover ies e and his col-leagues avemadeabout the NiagaraEscarpment. tappears hat the "cl i f fs"of fer a uniquehabitat orplant and animal i fe. Cedar rees hat are thousandsof yearsold can be seen,and t iny unique and snailsthat can only be found hereand no other place n thew o r l d .A long wi th s l ides , e f f w i l l inc lude n h is pro-gram severa l xamples f the land sna i ls . He wi l lhavea microscope andy since manrT f thesesnailsare dif f icult o seewith the r iakedeye- manyare hes izeo f the headof a p in .What makes he NiagaraEscarpment o specialand benef ic ia lo r these and sna i ls ,who appear ohavehung aroundsince he ice age? Jeffwi l l of ferhis insigtr tsand research nowledge o help answerthat quest ionand many others.Dr. Nekola eceived is Ph.D. n plant Ecologyfrom the University f North Carol inaat ChapelHil l .He sa idhe sor t o f s tumbledonto the sna i lphenom-enon n the fa l l o f . |994 .After the meet ing,we wil l inch our way down tothe Estuary oom orrefreshments.

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'trVhereTb WriteHere'show o contaetstate egisla-'torsfrom Northeastern isconsin.Let hern know howyou.feelaboutenvironmentalssues.Northea tern WI.,S nato sAlan asee {ockland

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New \VatchListAnnouncedandAvailable ontheVeb ll-t.-- IThe Watchlist s a centerpiece f -"/\-bird conservation t the NationalAudubonSociery.With ts posit iveapproach o prorectin; N;.ih - ' - butionsof North America's ir dAmeriran ir^c tho r , . - , , . . ^o.Fo.rr . , populat ionshroughsurveyandAmerican bi rds, the l is t f i ts perfect lv PvPurqt rurrr r r r t rugrr urvcy drruwith Audubon,smissio" i; :;;;ile research, onservation rogramscanbirdsand their habita; . - be designedo help hesespecies.Call ing t tent ion o.UirOr t r isk The Watchl istwi l l be updated ear lybef6re f.'.V .qrir" f"J"i"f llai"o,- ' to reflect he most currentand bestthe Watchlir, ,,r"rr.i-or.".nuti-"L knowledgeavailable n speciesatact ion oday ather han last-minute r lsk 'rescue ttemptsn the future. Com- The complete ist of 105 speciespi ledby scient istsro,n p"nn.r t - in is avai lable n the Nat ional udubonFlight of which nuAuUon-i i ; Societv 's atchl istweb site. Theactivepartner),he w",JLir, i"ro",, informativeand user-friendly ewbird specieswit f r aecl ini ; ; o;o'r l ; - web site eatures ver . l80 l inkedtions, imited ranges,"n a ir'is. floes'

A separate ageon eachfacing hreats rit1 "r 6"tn"ilott

WatchList peciesexplains heon their breeding"nO *nt"r lnS

- science ehind he Paftnersn Flightgrounds. While avinq sp"cies- conservat ion r ior i tyscore'summa-pushed o the .Oqu oi"*iinction is rizes he naturalhistory,providesaiogisticaily ifficu-lt, oi, iv ;; J photograph,maps of breeding/po-litically'confrontati,tr"f,f, " wintering ranges'an d an outlineswatchlist serves", "n aarlu-warnino

c.onservationhreats' Plus, he,newsystem o wildlife r;;;;;;;"""" Watchlistsite eaturesan interactiveagencles, on-gou.rn-.-r't"i-oiq"ni sectionand a "Watchlist or Kids".zations,private "noo*n"rr, ; i ih. The web siteaddress s:public. http://rarvw'audubon'org/birdwatch/The watchlist is arwavsevolv- The web sitewa s up and run-ing. As cit izen cient ists"" . ror" ning on November 7' 1997' l t isabbut he t rends, t r reats,"na oif*-

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DidYou Know?oSomeeederbirdsmaybeabundant ne wintei.butabsenthenext.o Dark-eyeduncos themostwidespread ird at NorthAmericaneeder:s.o Black-capped'hickadeeflocksare largeiat northernfeedershan n theSouth.o HouseSparrows re decliningin manyareas, hileHouseFinches ontinueo increase.o NationalAudubonSocietyand lnternational aper avejoined orces o develop.andimplementand.managernentpracticesor WatchUst irdhabitats.With he helpofresearchesrom NorthCarolinaStateUniversity,he two aredocumehting ird diversity ndhabitatcharacteristicsn avariety f forestson a 30,000-acre ractownedby lnterna-tionalPapern SouthCarolina.o Ongoing itizen cienceprojects tilized o form thenewWatchlist nclude: ProjectFeederWatch;hristrnas irdCount; mportantBirdAreaProgram; nd he NorthAmeri-canBreeding irdSurvey.o You:can articipate.Watchbirdsfor ProjectFeedeflatchonceevery wo weeks ronrNovemberhroughMarch.Count he kindsand"numbersof birdsat your eeder.Recordthe information n Feeder-.Watch ata orms. Sendheforms o Comell ab .of Orni-thology or analysis.n annualparticipationee of $15coversproject ostsand mailings.Early ign-ups rebest,he cutoff date s Februaryg98forthe following eason.f inter-ested, lease al l or informa-t ion: l -800-843-2473.


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4995 National Coffi,entionThe RockyMountainsare he siteof the I 998Audubon Nat ionalCon-verltion. "CelebratingSuccesses"s the theme orthis year'sconferencewhich s set or July6 thruI I , l99B at the popularEstesParkCenter,YMCAof the Rockies n Colorado.The time of yearwill be perfect or Audubonmem-bersand their amil ies o exper iencehe magnif icentf loraand faunaon "behind-the-scenes"ield r ips withthe best naturalists nd an interactive ands-onprogram.Programs i l l feature opics ncluding onservat ionvictor ies; ducat ional utreach; evelopment f localsanctuar iesnd centers; ui ldi ngstrongmediaconnec-t ions;and successfulund-rais ingdeas. he convent ionwil l be both fun and educat ional.The EstesParkCenter,at the gateway o RockyMoun-tain NationalPark,hasa varietyof lodging/mealpack-

ages.For hosewho plan to travel by a ir, NationalAudubon's n-house ravelagent,AdelmanTravelSys-tems,hasnegot iated omeexcel lent i f fares.A com plete egistration rochure houldbe avai lablsoon. Watch his newslet teror more detai ls r requestinformat ion y e-mail : convent [email protected]

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January 1998 Audubon Log Northeastern Wisconsin Audubon Society