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Bimonthly Newsletter of theNortheastern Wisconsin Audubon SocietySeptember - October 4996

Crandon Mine Bad NewsWednesday, September '11, 1996 6:45 p.m.

~ a ieach Wildiife Sanctuary -Th e Northeastern Wisconsin .~ u d u b o n ~ o c i e t ~pens its '1996-97program year, withactivist BobSchmitz, giving a blazingly interest-ing rundow n on the Crandon Mineproject . Picture ai Old ~ es ta m en tprophet, beard akimbo with indig-nation dressing down the sinners:Well, that's o ur Bob going, af te rt h eproposed polluters. H e is extrem elyforthright and accurate. ,-Bob lives in Green Bay and hasa summer place in the Crandon

area,,so he is oh top,o f the situation.He was president of the Wolf River

Lakes & Stream s Association for 14years and is now their delegate to , ,' the Wolf'River Watershed Associa-tion which he presides over. He's aboard member of the Clean WaterAction council and delegate.to theBrown Co unty ConservationAlliance where he also sits on theboard and is itsdelegate t o the .~Wisconsin Conservation Congress.Bob's visual a nd o ral Dresenta-tion will b e accompanied by hand-outs. H e welcomes and enjoystough questions.Refresh men ts will follow.

Tagging ChuiengosWednesday, October 9, 1996 6:45 p.m.Bay Beach Wildli fe Sanctuary

a4In N ovembe: of 1995, .Peg When they were not occupiedMorph andK athy -He rson , daughter with running down these immatureof members Jud y and Roger Hersoa, , ,Tylopoda ians, they unleashed theleft for Patagonia unde r the aegis of cam eras an d took pictures of coy-

the Iowa Stat e Univ ersity of Ames, otes, up lan d geese, condors, and .Iowa. heir .mission was to hand oth er local denizens, which they ofcapture,'tag, a nd collar Chulengos, course will sha re with us as well.which as everyone, undo ubtedly Patagonia is one of the wildest,knows are young. Guanacos. The remotest, and least I q w n areasslide presentation will show th e remaining in the world. This isentire process, which is some thing another example that programsyou don't see everyday here in don't just "happen". Many thanks toBrown County. You may ask, "Why Jud y for putti ng us in contact. ~ ~ , .is this done?'! Peg and Ka thy will .The usual refrevhments andtell us the reason. visiting will follow,. ,

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10thAnnual N i co l e tBird Survey Resu l ts

The 10ih Annual Nicolet ,Nati,onal .Forest Bird Survey wasanother fnqualified success, com-pleting the first decade of ourproject! Ne arly 1U0 observers an dfamily members participated, one ofthe largest groups'ever. O pr newfacilities at Lost Lake were wel- , ,comed by most, if not all, partictpants. Th e birds were good too.Highlights included CeruleanWarbler, Wilson's Warbler, and Red~ r o s s b i l l .All but a few of the roadsitesin the southern half of theforest also were completed beforeand after the Bird Survey weekend.Results will be computerized'dur ing 'thc coming months. Only127 species were recorded on thes u m m a j checkl is t (compared to . ,130 last year), but additional speciesprobably will be added after thesurvsyformshave been omp pile&Species missing from our llst thisyear include Bank Swallow, Rock *Dove,. and Great Horned Owl. O neinteresting eleme nt of this year'ssurvey will be the chance toexam-ine weathe;effects. Satu rdaymornin g, gave us perh aps the mostideal conditions possible; Sundayw as cloudy and, for some, rainy. We

will be 'able to compare results forsimilar sites (e.g., road sites) duringthc same year, and by the same setof observers.Latest devclopments in theapplication of the Bird Survey dataare very exciting. In ad dition toseveral technical papers that havebeen completed during the pas[year, we are preparing to make theBird Survey results more easilyaccessible for the upcoming forestplanning efforts. This means thatwe anticipate tools that eventuallywill be available (on computernenvork or CD) for planningbirding trips, educational purposes,and general interest. We also planto make CD's of the Nicolet Na-tional Forest bird vocalizations (hypopular demand).Thanks to all who participatedin this year's- ird~~ -~ Survey. Everyonewho makes the trip contributes tothe remarkable success of thisproject.The 1997 Nicolet NationalForest Bird Survey will be held inthe.southern half of the forestdur ing the weekend o f ~ u n e 3'15.

Bub Hme &* Tony Rznaldr

L -- ---isc cons in,-~udubon Council'sB ienn ia l Convent ion

The theme of the convention is "Connections." Some features of this three-day conference include speakers Gaylord Nelson and.Nina Leopold Bradley(daughter of Aldo Leopold), a l o k with a multiiude of things to do. Outingchoices include a phtoon boat trip through Horicon Marsh, Sand luff' Bird Station, Marault Bluff Prairie, Canoe Trip down Sug ar River, Hike1 Rock River, and aW etla nd Tour. Children 's programs are also available.I

I Friday, September 13 through Sunday, Septem ber 15, 1996Ca mp Indian Trails on the bank s of Rock River (just outside of Janesville)For more information or a registration form, callWAC President, Bill Hallstrom at (608) 365-5884.

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Recap of PaAvril 10, 1996 - T h i s w a s adouble-barreled program. Energyand Deregulation were on the menugiven by Sam Geryn of isc cons in's,E nv ir on m en ta l ~ e c a d e . Sam toldus the good and ba d poin ts ,of fossilfuels and renewable enetgy (whichreally had no bad points). Energyefficiency was noted by the unusu-ally understandable charts and ,grap hs which ,were projected. Ahumorpus touch was added withsome of th e slides. We were enter:tained. and enlightehed. Th emessage that came'across loud and

' clear - D O N O T D E R E G U L A TEP O W E R .The second half of theprogramdealt with Oak Wilt. Oak Wilts ta rt ed i n - h e White Oak savannas

in the southwestern part of thestate, according to A ndrea Diss,~ o r k s t n t o m o l o gk t or the .wis-consin Department of NaturalResources. W hite Oak resisted, soo a k Wilt Goved northeast into RedOak territory where if found ahome . An dy showed slides of theprogression of the disease. She .stressed that the trees must suffersome type of wound .for the intro-duction of the fungus; therefore, thereason for t h e tree prun ing ban isduring the time of greatest wlner-ability..After the program, we wentdown forrefreshments and our . .appetites wilted under the on- ,slaught of goodies prepared by , -LaVonne and Carmella.

M av 8. 1 9 9 6 ' - A n n u a lBanquet. As usual our comm itteeplanned well with the sumptuousmeal and highly entertaining"Silent Auction". We also hono redour older tong time mem bers with asort of "group tribute" 'as theiraward.An unexpected modification ofour weather caused us to cancel the

December Members slide show, sowe improvised and decided to haveit as the theme of our banquet. .Brown County Park Director,Mike McFarlene showed the,.progress and construction of thenewly completed Mountain BayTrail which runs from Howard -

almost to Wausau. Th is is a mustfor bikers an d a possibility for a'Bike-Frog Field Trip soon.We have ma ny bi;d exp erts inour chapter. Th e following con-:tributed to the program with slidesand charts:

John Jacobs - Chr-istmasBird co un t and Red-Shouldered Hawks;Bob Mead - Compilationand Completion of theisc cons in Bird Atlas;

Mike Reed - Audubon.Birdathon every M& and' , Mike Grimm - Annual . ".Nicolet Fore.st Bird Survey.

Tune 29, 1996 - Field Trip.We sl i thered up to Whitef ish Du neState Park for a snake and am phib-ian program. 'Carl .Scholz hadarranged for us to see RandyGrimes p u t his snakes throughtheir paces in a specially cooledauditorium. They ranged from a 'testy Timber Rattler, obviouslysuffering from some type of "flye . 'u p " to a 10-foot Burmese Python.~ a t e r , n a boardwalk over-avernal pond, we netted severalthings along with young toads andwood frogs. A Turkey Vulturecircled us curiously watching ou rstrange doings.

After lunch, it was a meander-ing walk through s om ereco veringabandoned farmland down to thenorth sho re of Kangaro o Lake. Wewere i n search of -a bun ch of North-ern Water Snakes known to livenearby. A passing Bull Frog in-formed u s we had just m issed rhem.

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1996-97 C h a p t e r L e a d e rsOFFICERSPresident, Vice-PresidentRecording SecretaryCorresponding SecretaryTreasurerBOARD MEMBERS', , -

MembershipEducationConservationNewsletterPublicityCalendars & Endowment ,HistorianPrograms & Field TripsSocial & RefreshmentsPast President

Charlie FriskJohn Jacobs-Mar ty GallagherGary FewlessJoe Spangler

Carl ScholzDorothy SummersKen KiesnerMike G r i ~ m .T B DCharlie FriskT B DMary NovotnyCarl HujetDennis P ru s~kDorothy DelsanJerry LemerondLavonne GalbraithCarmella BlechaCharlie FriskBoard meetings are held at 7:OOp.m. he third Tuesday ofevery month at the Ba y Beach Wildlife Sanctuary.All chadter members are welcome to anend .

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