[BCNnet] Conservation Through Birding

Wed, 22 May 2002 17:54:12 -0700

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Dear friends,

A number of active birders you and I know have been working to develop a

new set of standards, a set of values, to overcome what we view as the

split personality in birding. Instead of the "conservation vs. birding"

false choices that are presented to far too many birders, we are proposing

a new "Conservation THROUGH Birding" approach.

It started as an e-mail dialogue between a half dozen concerned and active

birders just a few months ago -- prompted by Kenn Kaufman's article in Bird
Watcher's Digest

(Nov-Dec 2001, "The Uncountables") on the subject of birding growth. Soon,

it coalesced at a meeting of about a dozen folks in the Rio Grande Valley

in February, and then it led to a lengthy panel discussion at the March

Partners in Flight conference in Monterey, California.

It's all about Conservation Through Birding, or CTB.

I invite you to take a look at what this loose group has been discussing

and has done. And I ask you to consider joining us in this effort, in

working with us. What begins as a set of standards will be developing into

some serious and practical activity.

Please look at these pages to see what we have to say:

<http://www.conservationthroughbirding.org/>

If the message resonates with you, I hope you will wish to add your name to

the list of Conservation Through Birding supporters. To add your name to

the supporters' listing and join our monitored listserve on the CTB theme,

send an e-mail expressing that interest (with your name and home town) to

<info@conservationthroughbirding.org>.

And if you want to go straight to the list of our originating supporters,

check it out on this page:

<http://www.conservationthroughbirding.org/supporters.html>

What are we starting to do already? Paul Baicich has written an editorial
for the

June BIRDING, which will address at least a few of the CTB issues. Others

among us are speaking up on these specific themes. Some of us are now

actively organizing education and community-oriented projects specifically

meant to carry out practical Conservation through Birding objectives.

Basically, we do whatever we can to put the CTB principles into action. You

can see some details here:

<http://www.conservationthroughbirding.org/get_involved.html>

So what does joining CTB cost you? Not one nickel.

What might it bring you? Well, if there are enough of us pushing in the

same direction we may change the entire birding culture.

Please give Conservation Through Birding the consideration we think it

deserves.

Thanks for your time.

Sheryl De Vore
Dimensions Department Editor, Birding
Chief Editor, Meadowlark, A Journal of Illinois Birds
Assistant Editor, Chicago Wilderness Magazine
sdevore@voyager.net
Mundelein, Illinois

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Please look at these pages to see what we =
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If the message resonates with you, I hope =
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To add your name to
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And if you want to go straight to the =
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<DIV>Sheryl De =
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<DIV>Dimensions Department =
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Birding </DIV>
<DIV>Chief Editor, =
Meadowlark, A=20
Journal of Illinois Birds</DIV>
<DIV>Assistant Editor, =
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Wilderness Magazine</DIV>
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