In This Issue:

• Contributors & Deadline Information
• NAS-NY & NAS-DC Contact Information

Chapter Ideas & Activities

This section spotlights innovative ideas, and successful or "great learning experience" tales from Audubon chapters across the nation and beyond.
Contributions welcome.

• Audubon Adventures Chapter Sponsors Recognized
• "A Rare Bird -- Hazel Wolf"

Chapter Chatter

An open forum for information exchange among chapters

• Anyone Else Doing Something Like This?
• Enviro's Guide to Library Resources
• Web Expert Available to Chapters
• Correction

More News You Can Use

• Capitalization of Bird Names
• Forest Activist Summit
• Change of Address
• Bulletin Board
• NAS Staff Changes
• Board of Directors Report
• Board of Directors Meeting Schedule
• Available from CSFO
• Convention Status Report

Insert: Wetlands Campaign -- FAX-back

Anyone Else Doing Something Like This?

Fairfax (VA) Audubon Society (FAS) is creating a "Master Naturalist" and "Naturalist Leader" certification program for members. They want to know if any other chapters have done anything similar. The two goals of the program are to help members increase their understanding of the natural world and to help develop more field trip leaders. At the core of this certification program is a series of college-level ornithology and ecology classes taught by Dr. William R. Stott, world- renowned ornithologist, artist, poet, and former FAS president. (Other naturalists and ornithologists will help teach courses as well.) FAS has turned the courses into significant fund-raisers to help other chapter education activities. Please respond to FAS directly via e-mail: fairfaxaud@erols.com, or write: P.O. Box 82; Vienna, VA 22183.

-- submitted by Ellen and Paul Zeph, for Fairfax Audubon (VA).

Enviro's Guide to Library Resources

"Libraries for the Future offers The Environmentalist's Guide to the Public Library, an information handbook for environmental organizers. The Guide provides advice ... on how to use resources at the public library, profiles of model library programs and the environmental advocates who helped create them, and tips on working with libraries to increase access to environmental information." The Guide is available FREE (up to five copies) from: Libraries for the Future; 121 W 27th St., #1102; NY, NY 10001; ph (toll-free): 1 800/542-1918; FAX: 212/352-2342; e-mail: lff@lff.org.

-- also submitted by Paul Zeph.

Web Expert Available to Chapters

"We have linked the Networker page from our chapter Web site http://www.audubon.org/chapter/wa/rainier/ (also see http://www.audubon.org/chapter/wa/wa/) so that all our [chapter] members can now benefit from the great info. in the Networker." AJ Fisher is Washington state's "official chapter volunteer Web editor and Web resource guy ... always available to help with questions." Any Audubon chapter leader may contact him at birder@wolfenet.com for assistance with Web questions.

-- excerpts from submittal by Debbie and AJ Fisher, of Rainier Audubon (WA).

Correction: The Networker inadvertently published an incorrect phone and FAX number for Jerry Zeidler of Lycoming Audubon, the contact for the "Peregrine Project Successes" article that ran in Dec., '97 (Vol. II, No. 4). The correct number is: 717/435-4506. Apologies for the inconvenience.