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Birds & Conservation
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BirdSafe and Lights Out
Buildings Join Lights Out
Building owners, managers, and tenants are making a big difference in an effort to make cities more bird friendly during migration. By voluntarily turning off lights at night they are not only reducing bird collisions but saving energy as well. The Lights Out Twin Cities project is encouraging city, state and privately owned buildings to turn off non-necessary lighting during peak migration hours during spring and fall.
THANK YOU to the owners, managers, and tenants of these buildings for participating in Lights Out Twin Cities and reducing bird collisions.
Wells Fargo
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Minneapolis
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Accenture
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Minneapolis
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U.S. Bank Plaza
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200 South Sixth St., Minneapolis
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U.S. Bankcorp Center
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800 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
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IDS Center
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80 S. Eight St., Minneapolis
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225 South Sixth
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225 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis
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Riverplace
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43 Main St. SE Suite232, Minneapolis
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Normandale Lake Office Park
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Bloomington
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St. Paul City Hall / Ramsey Co. Courthouse
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St. Paul
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Ramsey County Libraries
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Shoreview, Mounds View, Arden Hills, Roseville, Maplewood and White Bear Lake
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Securian Financial Group
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St. Paul
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Wells Fargo
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90 South Seventh Street, St. Paul
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Ramsey Co. Government Center
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160 E. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul
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If your building would like to participate in this effort complete the Building Participation form and fax or e-mail to the address listed on the form.
Lights Out programs in Toronto, Chicago and New York, where many buildings are dimmed during migration, have a proven track record of saving migratory birds.
“Reducing bird deaths from collisions will have a positive effect on bird conservation,” says Mark Martell, director of bird conservation for Audubon Minnesota. “The Lights Out program costs building owners or managers little or nothing to implement and will save energy and money at the same time it saves birds.”
Lights Out Twin Cities is a joint effort by the Audubon Minnesota, the Department of Natural Resources’ Nongame Wildlife Program, the Bell Museum of Natural History, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and Bird Conservation Minnesota. Volunteers are needed to monitor buildings where they live or work to collect fallen birds. This information can be used to assess the magnitude of bird mortality in the Twin Cities.
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