Thursday, May 15, 2008 Circulation: 4,700 “It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility.” - Rachel Carson
Circulation: 4,700
“It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility.” - Rachel Carson
Please continue to send your news and updates to Delta Willis at dwillis@audubon.org.
In this issue:
ANNOUNCEMENTS & EVENTS
USFWS Proposes Listing Polar Bear as Endangered; Audubon Supports this Critical Step On Wednesday, May 14, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made official its proposal to list the polar bear as a threatened species. The decision to list is strongly supported by sound science. The USFWS made its determination after the U.S. Geological Survey released a series of reports last fall that concluded shrinking sea ice caused by global warming could eliminate two-thirds of the world’s polar bears - and all of those in Alaska - in the next 50 years. Betsy Loyless, Audubon's Donal O'Brien Chair for Policy and Advocacy issued the following statement: “Federal protection for the polar bear sounds the alarm in the clearest way possible that global warming is here and needs to be addressed immediately. Our actions can save the polar bear or cause its extinction. Federal protection represents only the tip of the iceberg if Americans want to save the polar bear. Listing the bear as threatened is not going to save it if we continue to melt and drill its habitat. “The polar bear has gone from an American icon of strength and beauty to a symbol of our imperiled environment. What will save the polar bear and protect us all is comprehensive global warming legislation that commits to reducing greenhouse gases and creating a clean energy economy.” More information http://www.audubon.org/news/PolarBear.html Back to top Farm Bill Deal Boosts Conservation but has Flaws The House passed a $290 billion farm bill Wednesday. While it includes increases in some conservation incentives, it also has provisions that undercut many of the bill’s positive achievements. Betsy Loyless, Audubon's Donal O'Brien Chair for Policy and Advocacy issued the following statement: “When farming is done properly, we can produce abundant food while ensuring stewardship of wildlife and habitat. While the farm bill that has emerged from conference negotiations does much to achieve this goal, there are negatives that considerably undercut the positive achievements. Though the process was not very open and the result less than ideal, we congratulate the conferees for advancing an historic farm bill that will do much to increase land and habitat conservation in the U.S. “The farm bill that has emerged from the conference boosts funding for incentives programs that are proven to help conserve grasslands and prairie that are so critical to species conservation, particularly our declining common birds and endangered birds. “The compromise that has emerged also has a “sodsaver” provision that would expand farming on untouched lands. If it becomes law it would result in a widespread loss of native grassland habitat with a massive release of global warming gases.” More information http://www.audubon.org/news/Farm_bill.html Back to top Audubon California Helps Craft Historic Conservation Pact for Tejon Ranch Up to 240,000 contiguous acres of spectacular and ecologically significant California wildlands will be protected under a precedent-setting agreement brokered by Audubon California and five other environmental groups with the Tejon Ranch Company. The agreement will protect approximately 90 percent of Tejon’s rich natural habitat from development and open new opportunities for Californians to enjoy this tremendous landscape firsthand. “If you look at a map of California, you can see just how big a victory this is for Californians,” said Graham Chisholm, conservation director for Audubon California. “The protected area is immense – 375 square miles – and the only place in North America where four distinct ecoregions meet on one property.” Learn more http://ca.audubon.org/tejon.php Back to top Maine Audubon Identifies 22 Important Bird Areas across State Maine Audubon has completed the initial stage of its Important Bird Areas (IBA) program, identifying 22 areas in Maine as critical to state and global bird populations. “A diverse mix of habitats makes Maine an important place for roughly 300 species of birds—many of them threatened or endangered,” said Susan Gallo, the Maine Audubon biologist who heads the project. “But threats like inappropriate development, chemical contamination and climate change put them at risk. By identifying the most crucial areas, the IBA program helps us focus our conservation efforts where we can have the greatest impact.” About 80 sites make up the 22 areas Maine Audubon has listed so far as IBAs: Batson River, Cape Elizabeth, Casco Bay Islands, Deer Isle, Duck Islands, Freeport/Brunswick, Gerrish Island, Greater Isle au Haut, Intervale Marshes, Isle of Shoals, Kennebunk Plains, Lower Kennebec, Machias Bay, Milbridge to Addison, Mount Desert, Muscongus Bay, Outer Penobscot Bay, Petit Manan, Scarborough, Thomaston, Upper Penobscot Bay and Wells. Find out more at http://www.maineaudubon.org/conserve/iba/index.shtml Back to top ANNOUNCEMENTS New Website Showcases John James Audubon Reproductions - Audubon’s Licensing team invites you to visit a new website supporting our John James Audubon reproduction print program partner, Zebra Publishing. It showcases the “Audubon Centennial Edition", a limited edition of John James Audubon prints. Zebra employs an innovative and highly sophisticated restoration and printing process to create extraordinary finished Giclée plate images. For more information and to purchase prints, visit www.auduboneditions.com Back to top Audubon Bird Feeders Receive “Retailers’ Choice Award” - Audubon licensing partner WoodLink received Hardware Retailing's "Retailers' Choice Award" at the 2008 National Hardware Show for one of the new Audubon "Going Green" bird feeders. This award honors the “Best of the Best” products at the show, recognizing those products that demonstrate innovation and sales potential. The product will be featured, along with the other winners, in the July 2008 issue of Hardware Retailing. For more information on this new line of Audubon recycled feeders http://www.audubon.org/market/licensed/birdfeeders.html Back to top August Yoga Retreat at Maine’s Hog Island Audubon Center - Hog Island Audubon Center in Muscongus Bay, is offering a spectacular four-day yoga retreat August 24-27. Set on Hog Island, a private 330-acre preserve off the coast of Bremen, Maine, Om on the Island: A Yoga Retreat is designed for all levels of yoga enthusiasts to deepen their connections to the natural world as they relax and renew body and spirit. Learn more about this and other opportunities at Hog Island http://www.maineaudubon.org/explore/camp/hi_overview.shtml Back to top Kids Art Gallery Now Featured Online - Audubon is proud to highlight artwork from young participants in the Great Backyard Bird Count Kids Art Gallery. Kids from around the country submitted pictures of their chosen bird along with a short essay on the species' natural history based on their research. Visit http://www.audubon.org/gbbc/Art_gallery.html to view the online gallery. Back to top Stories Sought: What You Are Doing to Help Fight Global Warming - We're still looking for stories from the Audubon family. Tell us what steps are you taking - both individual actions and chapter or other group initiatives. We will share your experiences through Newswire and on the Audubon website - inspiring others to join Audubon in making a difference. Please send your story to kconnors@audubon.org - with photos showcasing what you are doing, if you have them! Back to top
On Wednesday, May 14, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made official its proposal to list the polar bear as a threatened species. The decision to list is strongly supported by sound science. The USFWS made its determination after the U.S. Geological Survey released a series of reports last fall that concluded shrinking sea ice caused by global warming could eliminate two-thirds of the world’s polar bears - and all of those in Alaska - in the next 50 years. Betsy Loyless, Audubon's Donal O'Brien Chair for Policy and Advocacy issued the following statement:
“Federal protection for the polar bear sounds the alarm in the clearest way possible that global warming is here and needs to be addressed immediately. Our actions can save the polar bear or cause its extinction. Federal protection represents only the tip of the iceberg if Americans want to save the polar bear. Listing the bear as threatened is not going to save it if we continue to melt and drill its habitat.
“The polar bear has gone from an American icon of strength and beauty to a symbol of our imperiled environment. What will save the polar bear and protect us all is comprehensive global warming legislation that commits to reducing greenhouse gases and creating a clean energy economy.”
More information http://www.audubon.org/news/PolarBear.html
Farm Bill Deal Boosts Conservation but has Flaws The House passed a $290 billion farm bill Wednesday. While it includes increases in some conservation incentives, it also has provisions that undercut many of the bill’s positive achievements. Betsy Loyless, Audubon's Donal O'Brien Chair for Policy and Advocacy issued the following statement: “When farming is done properly, we can produce abundant food while ensuring stewardship of wildlife and habitat. While the farm bill that has emerged from conference negotiations does much to achieve this goal, there are negatives that considerably undercut the positive achievements. Though the process was not very open and the result less than ideal, we congratulate the conferees for advancing an historic farm bill that will do much to increase land and habitat conservation in the U.S. “The farm bill that has emerged from the conference boosts funding for incentives programs that are proven to help conserve grasslands and prairie that are so critical to species conservation, particularly our declining common birds and endangered birds. “The compromise that has emerged also has a “sodsaver” provision that would expand farming on untouched lands. If it becomes law it would result in a widespread loss of native grassland habitat with a massive release of global warming gases.” More information http://www.audubon.org/news/Farm_bill.html Back to top Audubon California Helps Craft Historic Conservation Pact for Tejon Ranch Up to 240,000 contiguous acres of spectacular and ecologically significant California wildlands will be protected under a precedent-setting agreement brokered by Audubon California and five other environmental groups with the Tejon Ranch Company. The agreement will protect approximately 90 percent of Tejon’s rich natural habitat from development and open new opportunities for Californians to enjoy this tremendous landscape firsthand. “If you look at a map of California, you can see just how big a victory this is for Californians,” said Graham Chisholm, conservation director for Audubon California. “The protected area is immense – 375 square miles – and the only place in North America where four distinct ecoregions meet on one property.” Learn more http://ca.audubon.org/tejon.php Back to top Maine Audubon Identifies 22 Important Bird Areas across State Maine Audubon has completed the initial stage of its Important Bird Areas (IBA) program, identifying 22 areas in Maine as critical to state and global bird populations. “A diverse mix of habitats makes Maine an important place for roughly 300 species of birds—many of them threatened or endangered,” said Susan Gallo, the Maine Audubon biologist who heads the project. “But threats like inappropriate development, chemical contamination and climate change put them at risk. By identifying the most crucial areas, the IBA program helps us focus our conservation efforts where we can have the greatest impact.” About 80 sites make up the 22 areas Maine Audubon has listed so far as IBAs: Batson River, Cape Elizabeth, Casco Bay Islands, Deer Isle, Duck Islands, Freeport/Brunswick, Gerrish Island, Greater Isle au Haut, Intervale Marshes, Isle of Shoals, Kennebunk Plains, Lower Kennebec, Machias Bay, Milbridge to Addison, Mount Desert, Muscongus Bay, Outer Penobscot Bay, Petit Manan, Scarborough, Thomaston, Upper Penobscot Bay and Wells. Find out more at http://www.maineaudubon.org/conserve/iba/index.shtml Back to top ANNOUNCEMENTS New Website Showcases John James Audubon Reproductions - Audubon’s Licensing team invites you to visit a new website supporting our John James Audubon reproduction print program partner, Zebra Publishing. It showcases the “Audubon Centennial Edition", a limited edition of John James Audubon prints. Zebra employs an innovative and highly sophisticated restoration and printing process to create extraordinary finished Giclée plate images. For more information and to purchase prints, visit www.auduboneditions.com Back to top Audubon Bird Feeders Receive “Retailers’ Choice Award” - Audubon licensing partner WoodLink received Hardware Retailing's "Retailers' Choice Award" at the 2008 National Hardware Show for one of the new Audubon "Going Green" bird feeders. This award honors the “Best of the Best” products at the show, recognizing those products that demonstrate innovation and sales potential. The product will be featured, along with the other winners, in the July 2008 issue of Hardware Retailing. For more information on this new line of Audubon recycled feeders http://www.audubon.org/market/licensed/birdfeeders.html Back to top August Yoga Retreat at Maine’s Hog Island Audubon Center - Hog Island Audubon Center in Muscongus Bay, is offering a spectacular four-day yoga retreat August 24-27. Set on Hog Island, a private 330-acre preserve off the coast of Bremen, Maine, Om on the Island: A Yoga Retreat is designed for all levels of yoga enthusiasts to deepen their connections to the natural world as they relax and renew body and spirit. Learn more about this and other opportunities at Hog Island http://www.maineaudubon.org/explore/camp/hi_overview.shtml Back to top Kids Art Gallery Now Featured Online - Audubon is proud to highlight artwork from young participants in the Great Backyard Bird Count Kids Art Gallery. Kids from around the country submitted pictures of their chosen bird along with a short essay on the species' natural history based on their research. Visit http://www.audubon.org/gbbc/Art_gallery.html to view the online gallery. Back to top Stories Sought: What You Are Doing to Help Fight Global Warming - We're still looking for stories from the Audubon family. Tell us what steps are you taking - both individual actions and chapter or other group initiatives. We will share your experiences through Newswire and on the Audubon website - inspiring others to join Audubon in making a difference. Please send your story to kconnors@audubon.org - with photos showcasing what you are doing, if you have them! Back to top
The House passed a $290 billion farm bill Wednesday. While it includes increases in some conservation incentives, it also has provisions that undercut many of the bill’s positive achievements. Betsy Loyless, Audubon's Donal O'Brien Chair for Policy and Advocacy issued the following statement:
“When farming is done properly, we can produce abundant food while ensuring stewardship of wildlife and habitat. While the farm bill that has emerged from conference negotiations does much to achieve this goal, there are negatives that considerably undercut the positive achievements. Though the process was not very open and the result less than ideal, we congratulate the conferees for advancing an historic farm bill that will do much to increase land and habitat conservation in the U.S.
“The farm bill that has emerged from the conference boosts funding for incentives programs that are proven to help conserve grasslands and prairie that are so critical to species conservation, particularly our declining common birds and endangered birds.
“The compromise that has emerged also has a “sodsaver” provision that would expand farming on untouched lands. If it becomes law it would result in a widespread loss of native grassland habitat with a massive release of global warming gases.”
More information http://www.audubon.org/news/Farm_bill.html
Audubon California Helps Craft Historic Conservation Pact for Tejon Ranch Up to 240,000 contiguous acres of spectacular and ecologically significant California wildlands will be protected under a precedent-setting agreement brokered by Audubon California and five other environmental groups with the Tejon Ranch Company. The agreement will protect approximately 90 percent of Tejon’s rich natural habitat from development and open new opportunities for Californians to enjoy this tremendous landscape firsthand. “If you look at a map of California, you can see just how big a victory this is for Californians,” said Graham Chisholm, conservation director for Audubon California. “The protected area is immense – 375 square miles – and the only place in North America where four distinct ecoregions meet on one property.” Learn more http://ca.audubon.org/tejon.php Back to top Maine Audubon Identifies 22 Important Bird Areas across State Maine Audubon has completed the initial stage of its Important Bird Areas (IBA) program, identifying 22 areas in Maine as critical to state and global bird populations. “A diverse mix of habitats makes Maine an important place for roughly 300 species of birds—many of them threatened or endangered,” said Susan Gallo, the Maine Audubon biologist who heads the project. “But threats like inappropriate development, chemical contamination and climate change put them at risk. By identifying the most crucial areas, the IBA program helps us focus our conservation efforts where we can have the greatest impact.” About 80 sites make up the 22 areas Maine Audubon has listed so far as IBAs: Batson River, Cape Elizabeth, Casco Bay Islands, Deer Isle, Duck Islands, Freeport/Brunswick, Gerrish Island, Greater Isle au Haut, Intervale Marshes, Isle of Shoals, Kennebunk Plains, Lower Kennebec, Machias Bay, Milbridge to Addison, Mount Desert, Muscongus Bay, Outer Penobscot Bay, Petit Manan, Scarborough, Thomaston, Upper Penobscot Bay and Wells. Find out more at http://www.maineaudubon.org/conserve/iba/index.shtml Back to top ANNOUNCEMENTS New Website Showcases John James Audubon Reproductions - Audubon’s Licensing team invites you to visit a new website supporting our John James Audubon reproduction print program partner, Zebra Publishing. It showcases the “Audubon Centennial Edition", a limited edition of John James Audubon prints. Zebra employs an innovative and highly sophisticated restoration and printing process to create extraordinary finished Giclée plate images. For more information and to purchase prints, visit www.auduboneditions.com Back to top Audubon Bird Feeders Receive “Retailers’ Choice Award” - Audubon licensing partner WoodLink received Hardware Retailing's "Retailers' Choice Award" at the 2008 National Hardware Show for one of the new Audubon "Going Green" bird feeders. This award honors the “Best of the Best” products at the show, recognizing those products that demonstrate innovation and sales potential. The product will be featured, along with the other winners, in the July 2008 issue of Hardware Retailing. For more information on this new line of Audubon recycled feeders http://www.audubon.org/market/licensed/birdfeeders.html Back to top August Yoga Retreat at Maine’s Hog Island Audubon Center - Hog Island Audubon Center in Muscongus Bay, is offering a spectacular four-day yoga retreat August 24-27. Set on Hog Island, a private 330-acre preserve off the coast of Bremen, Maine, Om on the Island: A Yoga Retreat is designed for all levels of yoga enthusiasts to deepen their connections to the natural world as they relax and renew body and spirit. Learn more about this and other opportunities at Hog Island http://www.maineaudubon.org/explore/camp/hi_overview.shtml Back to top Kids Art Gallery Now Featured Online - Audubon is proud to highlight artwork from young participants in the Great Backyard Bird Count Kids Art Gallery. Kids from around the country submitted pictures of their chosen bird along with a short essay on the species' natural history based on their research. Visit http://www.audubon.org/gbbc/Art_gallery.html to view the online gallery. Back to top Stories Sought: What You Are Doing to Help Fight Global Warming - We're still looking for stories from the Audubon family. Tell us what steps are you taking - both individual actions and chapter or other group initiatives. We will share your experiences through Newswire and on the Audubon website - inspiring others to join Audubon in making a difference. Please send your story to kconnors@audubon.org - with photos showcasing what you are doing, if you have them! Back to top
Up to 240,000 contiguous acres of spectacular and ecologically significant California wildlands will be protected under a precedent-setting agreement brokered by Audubon California and five other environmental groups with the Tejon Ranch Company. The agreement will protect approximately 90 percent of Tejon’s rich natural habitat from development and open new opportunities for Californians to enjoy this tremendous landscape firsthand.
“If you look at a map of California, you can see just how big a victory this is for Californians,” said Graham Chisholm, conservation director for Audubon California. “The protected area is immense – 375 square miles – and the only place in North America where four distinct ecoregions meet on one property.”
Learn more http://ca.audubon.org/tejon.php
Maine Audubon Identifies 22 Important Bird Areas across State Maine Audubon has completed the initial stage of its Important Bird Areas (IBA) program, identifying 22 areas in Maine as critical to state and global bird populations. “A diverse mix of habitats makes Maine an important place for roughly 300 species of birds—many of them threatened or endangered,” said Susan Gallo, the Maine Audubon biologist who heads the project. “But threats like inappropriate development, chemical contamination and climate change put them at risk. By identifying the most crucial areas, the IBA program helps us focus our conservation efforts where we can have the greatest impact.” About 80 sites make up the 22 areas Maine Audubon has listed so far as IBAs: Batson River, Cape Elizabeth, Casco Bay Islands, Deer Isle, Duck Islands, Freeport/Brunswick, Gerrish Island, Greater Isle au Haut, Intervale Marshes, Isle of Shoals, Kennebunk Plains, Lower Kennebec, Machias Bay, Milbridge to Addison, Mount Desert, Muscongus Bay, Outer Penobscot Bay, Petit Manan, Scarborough, Thomaston, Upper Penobscot Bay and Wells. Find out more at http://www.maineaudubon.org/conserve/iba/index.shtml Back to top ANNOUNCEMENTS New Website Showcases John James Audubon Reproductions - Audubon’s Licensing team invites you to visit a new website supporting our John James Audubon reproduction print program partner, Zebra Publishing. It showcases the “Audubon Centennial Edition", a limited edition of John James Audubon prints. Zebra employs an innovative and highly sophisticated restoration and printing process to create extraordinary finished Giclée plate images. For more information and to purchase prints, visit www.auduboneditions.com Back to top Audubon Bird Feeders Receive “Retailers’ Choice Award” - Audubon licensing partner WoodLink received Hardware Retailing's "Retailers' Choice Award" at the 2008 National Hardware Show for one of the new Audubon "Going Green" bird feeders. This award honors the “Best of the Best” products at the show, recognizing those products that demonstrate innovation and sales potential. The product will be featured, along with the other winners, in the July 2008 issue of Hardware Retailing. For more information on this new line of Audubon recycled feeders http://www.audubon.org/market/licensed/birdfeeders.html Back to top August Yoga Retreat at Maine’s Hog Island Audubon Center - Hog Island Audubon Center in Muscongus Bay, is offering a spectacular four-day yoga retreat August 24-27. Set on Hog Island, a private 330-acre preserve off the coast of Bremen, Maine, Om on the Island: A Yoga Retreat is designed for all levels of yoga enthusiasts to deepen their connections to the natural world as they relax and renew body and spirit. Learn more about this and other opportunities at Hog Island http://www.maineaudubon.org/explore/camp/hi_overview.shtml Back to top Kids Art Gallery Now Featured Online - Audubon is proud to highlight artwork from young participants in the Great Backyard Bird Count Kids Art Gallery. Kids from around the country submitted pictures of their chosen bird along with a short essay on the species' natural history based on their research. Visit http://www.audubon.org/gbbc/Art_gallery.html to view the online gallery. Back to top Stories Sought: What You Are Doing to Help Fight Global Warming - We're still looking for stories from the Audubon family. Tell us what steps are you taking - both individual actions and chapter or other group initiatives. We will share your experiences through Newswire and on the Audubon website - inspiring others to join Audubon in making a difference. Please send your story to kconnors@audubon.org - with photos showcasing what you are doing, if you have them! Back to top
Maine Audubon has completed the initial stage of its Important Bird Areas (IBA) program, identifying 22 areas in Maine as critical to state and global bird populations.
“A diverse mix of habitats makes Maine an important place for roughly 300 species of birds—many of them threatened or endangered,” said Susan Gallo, the Maine Audubon biologist who heads the project. “But threats like inappropriate development, chemical contamination and climate change put them at risk. By identifying the most crucial areas, the IBA program helps us focus our conservation efforts where we can have the greatest impact.”
About 80 sites make up the 22 areas Maine Audubon has listed so far as IBAs: Batson River, Cape Elizabeth, Casco Bay Islands, Deer Isle, Duck Islands, Freeport/Brunswick, Gerrish Island, Greater Isle au Haut, Intervale Marshes, Isle of Shoals, Kennebunk Plains, Lower Kennebec, Machias Bay, Milbridge to Addison, Mount Desert, Muscongus Bay, Outer Penobscot Bay, Petit Manan, Scarborough, Thomaston, Upper Penobscot Bay and Wells.
Find out more at http://www.maineaudubon.org/conserve/iba/index.shtml
ANNOUNCEMENTS New Website Showcases John James Audubon Reproductions - Audubon’s Licensing team invites you to visit a new website supporting our John James Audubon reproduction print program partner, Zebra Publishing. It showcases the “Audubon Centennial Edition", a limited edition of John James Audubon prints. Zebra employs an innovative and highly sophisticated restoration and printing process to create extraordinary finished Giclée plate images. For more information and to purchase prints, visit www.auduboneditions.com Back to top Audubon Bird Feeders Receive “Retailers’ Choice Award” - Audubon licensing partner WoodLink received Hardware Retailing's "Retailers' Choice Award" at the 2008 National Hardware Show for one of the new Audubon "Going Green" bird feeders. This award honors the “Best of the Best” products at the show, recognizing those products that demonstrate innovation and sales potential. The product will be featured, along with the other winners, in the July 2008 issue of Hardware Retailing. For more information on this new line of Audubon recycled feeders http://www.audubon.org/market/licensed/birdfeeders.html Back to top August Yoga Retreat at Maine’s Hog Island Audubon Center - Hog Island Audubon Center in Muscongus Bay, is offering a spectacular four-day yoga retreat August 24-27. Set on Hog Island, a private 330-acre preserve off the coast of Bremen, Maine, Om on the Island: A Yoga Retreat is designed for all levels of yoga enthusiasts to deepen their connections to the natural world as they relax and renew body and spirit. Learn more about this and other opportunities at Hog Island http://www.maineaudubon.org/explore/camp/hi_overview.shtml Back to top Kids Art Gallery Now Featured Online - Audubon is proud to highlight artwork from young participants in the Great Backyard Bird Count Kids Art Gallery. Kids from around the country submitted pictures of their chosen bird along with a short essay on the species' natural history based on their research. Visit http://www.audubon.org/gbbc/Art_gallery.html to view the online gallery. Back to top Stories Sought: What You Are Doing to Help Fight Global Warming - We're still looking for stories from the Audubon family. Tell us what steps are you taking - both individual actions and chapter or other group initiatives. We will share your experiences through Newswire and on the Audubon website - inspiring others to join Audubon in making a difference. Please send your story to kconnors@audubon.org - with photos showcasing what you are doing, if you have them! Back to top
New Website Showcases John James Audubon Reproductions - Audubon’s Licensing team invites you to visit a new website supporting our John James Audubon reproduction print program partner, Zebra Publishing. It showcases the “Audubon Centennial Edition", a limited edition of John James Audubon prints. Zebra employs an innovative and highly sophisticated restoration and printing process to create extraordinary finished Giclée plate images. For more information and to purchase prints, visit www.auduboneditions.com Back to top Audubon Bird Feeders Receive “Retailers’ Choice Award” - Audubon licensing partner WoodLink received Hardware Retailing's "Retailers' Choice Award" at the 2008 National Hardware Show for one of the new Audubon "Going Green" bird feeders. This award honors the “Best of the Best” products at the show, recognizing those products that demonstrate innovation and sales potential. The product will be featured, along with the other winners, in the July 2008 issue of Hardware Retailing. For more information on this new line of Audubon recycled feeders http://www.audubon.org/market/licensed/birdfeeders.html Back to top August Yoga Retreat at Maine’s Hog Island Audubon Center - Hog Island Audubon Center in Muscongus Bay, is offering a spectacular four-day yoga retreat August 24-27. Set on Hog Island, a private 330-acre preserve off the coast of Bremen, Maine, Om on the Island: A Yoga Retreat is designed for all levels of yoga enthusiasts to deepen their connections to the natural world as they relax and renew body and spirit. Learn more about this and other opportunities at Hog Island http://www.maineaudubon.org/explore/camp/hi_overview.shtml Back to top Kids Art Gallery Now Featured Online - Audubon is proud to highlight artwork from young participants in the Great Backyard Bird Count Kids Art Gallery. Kids from around the country submitted pictures of their chosen bird along with a short essay on the species' natural history based on their research. Visit http://www.audubon.org/gbbc/Art_gallery.html to view the online gallery. Back to top Stories Sought: What You Are Doing to Help Fight Global Warming - We're still looking for stories from the Audubon family. Tell us what steps are you taking - both individual actions and chapter or other group initiatives. We will share your experiences through Newswire and on the Audubon website - inspiring others to join Audubon in making a difference. Please send your story to kconnors@audubon.org - with photos showcasing what you are doing, if you have them! Back to top
Audubon Bird Feeders Receive “Retailers’ Choice Award” - Audubon licensing partner WoodLink received Hardware Retailing's "Retailers' Choice Award" at the 2008 National Hardware Show for one of the new Audubon "Going Green" bird feeders. This award honors the “Best of the Best” products at the show, recognizing those products that demonstrate innovation and sales potential. The product will be featured, along with the other winners, in the July 2008 issue of Hardware Retailing. For more information on this new line of Audubon recycled feeders http://www.audubon.org/market/licensed/birdfeeders.html Back to top August Yoga Retreat at Maine’s Hog Island Audubon Center - Hog Island Audubon Center in Muscongus Bay, is offering a spectacular four-day yoga retreat August 24-27. Set on Hog Island, a private 330-acre preserve off the coast of Bremen, Maine, Om on the Island: A Yoga Retreat is designed for all levels of yoga enthusiasts to deepen their connections to the natural world as they relax and renew body and spirit. Learn more about this and other opportunities at Hog Island http://www.maineaudubon.org/explore/camp/hi_overview.shtml Back to top Kids Art Gallery Now Featured Online - Audubon is proud to highlight artwork from young participants in the Great Backyard Bird Count Kids Art Gallery. Kids from around the country submitted pictures of their chosen bird along with a short essay on the species' natural history based on their research. Visit http://www.audubon.org/gbbc/Art_gallery.html to view the online gallery. Back to top Stories Sought: What You Are Doing to Help Fight Global Warming - We're still looking for stories from the Audubon family. Tell us what steps are you taking - both individual actions and chapter or other group initiatives. We will share your experiences through Newswire and on the Audubon website - inspiring others to join Audubon in making a difference. Please send your story to kconnors@audubon.org - with photos showcasing what you are doing, if you have them! Back to top
August Yoga Retreat at Maine’s Hog Island Audubon Center - Hog Island Audubon Center in Muscongus Bay, is offering a spectacular four-day yoga retreat August 24-27. Set on Hog Island, a private 330-acre preserve off the coast of Bremen, Maine, Om on the Island: A Yoga Retreat is designed for all levels of yoga enthusiasts to deepen their connections to the natural world as they relax and renew body and spirit. Learn more about this and other opportunities at Hog Island http://www.maineaudubon.org/explore/camp/hi_overview.shtml Back to top Kids Art Gallery Now Featured Online - Audubon is proud to highlight artwork from young participants in the Great Backyard Bird Count Kids Art Gallery. Kids from around the country submitted pictures of their chosen bird along with a short essay on the species' natural history based on their research. Visit http://www.audubon.org/gbbc/Art_gallery.html to view the online gallery. Back to top Stories Sought: What You Are Doing to Help Fight Global Warming - We're still looking for stories from the Audubon family. Tell us what steps are you taking - both individual actions and chapter or other group initiatives. We will share your experiences through Newswire and on the Audubon website - inspiring others to join Audubon in making a difference. Please send your story to kconnors@audubon.org - with photos showcasing what you are doing, if you have them! Back to top
Kids Art Gallery Now Featured Online - Audubon is proud to highlight artwork from young participants in the Great Backyard Bird Count Kids Art Gallery. Kids from around the country submitted pictures of their chosen bird along with a short essay on the species' natural history based on their research. Visit http://www.audubon.org/gbbc/Art_gallery.html to view the online gallery. Back to top Stories Sought: What You Are Doing to Help Fight Global Warming - We're still looking for stories from the Audubon family. Tell us what steps are you taking - both individual actions and chapter or other group initiatives. We will share your experiences through Newswire and on the Audubon website - inspiring others to join Audubon in making a difference. Please send your story to kconnors@audubon.org - with photos showcasing what you are doing, if you have them! Back to top
Stories Sought: What You Are Doing to Help Fight Global Warming - We're still looking for stories from the Audubon family. Tell us what steps are you taking - both individual actions and chapter or other group initiatives. We will share your experiences through Newswire and on the Audubon website - inspiring others to join Audubon in making a difference. Please send your story to kconnors@audubon.org - with photos showcasing what you are doing, if you have them! Back to top
