Texas wind farm pioneers radar technology to protect migrating birds
"US wind farms kill about 7,000 birds a year but radar systems developed for NASA can prevent fatal collisions by detecting approaching birds and analysing weather conditions." Read the article in the UK Guardian here.Bike to Work Week May 11-15
Join Cowlitz on the Move and PeaceHealth and bike to work during Bike to Work Week May 11 to May 15, 2009. For The Daily News article on the event, click here. Help Cowlitz on the Move document participation by signing up on their webpage
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May - June Whistler is online
The May - June 2009 Whistler (link will open a pdf file) is available for download.
Fox Creek Work Day
On Earth Day, April 18, WHAS members joined Friends of Fox Creek to remove invasive English ivy and blackberries and improve the trail at Fox Creek in Rainier, OR.
Snowy Plover / Horned Lark Project needs Coordinator
The two year period covered by our joint chapter grant (with Grays Harbor Audubon) which supported Leadbetter Point habitat restoration volunteer efforts, has ended. But in a last-minute surprise, Lynn Tennefoss of National Audubon generously intervened on our behalf and arranged that we may continue the project. Funding will continue, perhaps for as long as another two years.Read more: Snowy Plover / Horned Lark Project needs Coordinator
New York Times article on Mount St. Helen's status as a National Monument
Read Mount St. Helens: a monument in need of a good steward for perspectives on the debate to turn Mount St Helens from a National Monument to a National Park.
WHAS Board Member featured in "The Daily News"
Check out how you can even use a small back yard to attract wildlife. The Daily News has an article on how WHAS board member Gloria Nichols designed her garden around birds.
Do Oregon or Washington need LNG?
Commentary by Gloria G. MacKenzie for The Daily News, published Sunday, March 29, 2009
Almost exactly two years ago, The Daily News ran my first commentary (“Let’s not guess with LNG”). I asked if we citizens had a say in the “need” for liquefied natural gas. Without hesitation, the public and its representatives definitely have the right and responsibility to add our 2 cents. (Should that figure be raised in light of every thing else?) This prompts me to correct misconceptions in the editorial of March 17. I will try to simplify some of these complex issues.
Birds and Climate Change: Ecological Disruption in Progress
National Audubon recently-released Birds and Climate report clearly shows that climate change is affecting birds – and our world – now.
For the past 40 years, as our climate has warmed, birds have shifted their winter ranges further and further north. This ecological disruption is yet another wake up call that we must act quickly to solve the climate crisis. The birds' northward movement is another signal that climate change is here and action is needed now.Read more: Birds and Climate Change: Ecological Disruption in Progress
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