[BCNnet] FW: Bird Conservation Alliance - Inaugural Meeting

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This promises to be a great meeting.

Donald R. Dann

Highland Park/Lake County  

  _____  

From: American Bird Conservancy [mailto:abc@abcbirds.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 7:53 AM
To: acraig@abcbirds.org
Subject: Bird Conservation Alliance - Inaugural Meeting

Dear BCA delegate, 

Below is an agenda for the inaugural meeting of the Bird Conservation
Alliance. Details about hotels, the field trip and travel logistics have
been posted to the BCA member's web site. To access the member section visit
http://www.birdconservationalliance/members/login.cfm and use the temporary
id and password "admin". 

I look forward to seeing you at the meeting in November. Please let me know
if you have any questions. 

Bird Conservation Alliance

Inaugural Meeting

The Nature Conservancy Worldwide Office 

4245 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 100 Arlington, VA

November 10th 2004

9-5:30

The Future of Birds and Bird Conservation

9 a.m. registration and coffee begins (there is no registration charge for
the BCA meeting)

9:30 a.m. introductions and start of meeting

Morning panel and open discussions: The Current Status of Birds

Panel Speakers

Greg Butcher, Director Bird      Conservation, National Audubon Society

Bruce Peterjohn, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Jennifer Wheeler, Waterbird Coordinator, USFWS

Robert Ridgely, Vice President Endangered Bird Conservation, American Bird
Conservancy 

Post-election analysis - Betsy Loyless, Vice President, Policy & Lobbying,
League of Conservation Voters

Lunch - $10.00 per attendee

BCA member issues and development of the BCA - Alicia Craig, Director, BCA

Afternoon panel and open discussions: Current and Future Bird Conservation
Priorities 

Panel Speakers

Ken Rosenberg, Director of
<http://birds.cornell.edu/programs/conservation/> Conservation Science,
Cornell Lab of Ornithology  

John Faaborg, University of Missouri 

George Wallace, Vice President International Programs, American Bird
Conservancy

Paul Schmidt, Assistant Director, USFWS 

Keynote Speaker - Scott Weidensaul, followed by happy hour (4:30 - 5:30)

Weidensaul is the author of The Ghost with Trembling Wings: Science, Wishful
Thinking, and the Search for Lost Species. Weidensaul is also the author of
more than 20 books on nature and wildlife, including Living on the Wind:
Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds,
<http://www.fulcrum-books.com/html/mountains_of_the_heart.html> Mountains of
the Heart: A Natural History of the Appalachians, two books in the popular
Seasonal Guide to the Natural Year series and many more.

November 11th Optional Field Trip - Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in
Cambridge, Maryland. Bring your binoculars!

For more information or to e-mail your RSVP registration for the BCA
meeting, contact: Alicia Craig, director Bird Conservation Alliance at
317-251-2473 or  <mailto:acraig@abcbirds.org> acraig@abcbirds.org or visit
http://www.birdconservationalliance.org

Bird Conservation Alliance is facilitated by American Bird Conservancy
(www.abcbirds.org)

Alicia Craig
Director, Bird Conservation Alliance
American Bird Conservancy
PO Box 90290
Indianapolis, IN 46240
317-251-2473
acraig@abcbirds.org
http://www.birdconservationalliance.org
http://www.abcbirds.org

The Bird Conservation Alliance is a network of organizations
that focus on bird conservation, study, education, observation and
advocacy representing millions of birdwatchers and concerned citizens
united for the conservation of birds. 

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meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle18><font size=3D4 =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle18><font size=3D4 =
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face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:14.0pt'>Highland =
Park/Lake County
&nbsp;</span></font></span><font size=3D4><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span =
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American Bird
Conservancy [mailto:abc@abcbirds.org] <br>
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05, 2004
7:53 AM<br>
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acraig@abcbirds.org<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Bird =
Conservation <st1:City
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Alliance</st1:place></st1:City> - =
Inaugural
Meeting</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>Dear BCA delegate, </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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Below is an agenda for the inaugural meeting =
of&nbsp;the
Bird Conservation Alliance.&nbsp;Details&nbsp;about hotels, the field
trip&nbsp;and travel logistics have been posted to the BCA member's
web&nbsp;site. To access the member section visit <a
href=3D"http://www.birdconservationalliance/members/login.cfm">http://www=
.birdconservationalliance/members/login.cfm</a>&nbsp;and
use the temporary id and password &quot;admin&quot;. =
<o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:
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I look forward to seeing you at the meeting in =
November.
Please let me know if you have any questions. =
<o:p></o:p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b><font =
size=3D5
face=3D"Maiandra GD"><span =
style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD";
font-weight:bold'>Bird Conservation <u1:City u2:st=3D"on"><u1:place =
u2:st=3D"on"><st1:City
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Alliance</u1:place></u1:City></st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:=
p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Inaugural
Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>The Nature =
Conservancy
Worldwide Office <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'text-align:center'><st1:address w:st=3D"on"><st1:Street
 w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><u1:address =
u2:st=3D"on"><u1:Street u2:st=3D"on"><span
  style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>4245 North Fairfax Drive, Suite =
100</span></u1:Street></font></st1:Street>
 <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><u1:City =
u2:st=3D"on">Arlington</st1:City></u1:City>, <st1:State
 w:st=3D"on"><u1:State u2:st=3D"on">VA</st1:State></st1:address><b><font =
size=3D4><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></u1:State>=
</u1:address></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>November
10<sup>th</sup> 2004<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>9-5:30<o:p></o:p></span></fon=
t></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b><font =
size=3D4
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fon=
t></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b><font =
size=3D4
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>The
Future of Birds and Bird Conservation<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b><font =
size=3D4
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fon=
t></b></p>

9 a.m. registration and coffee begins (there is no registration =
charge
for the BCA meeting)<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>9:30 a.m. introductions and start of =
meeting<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Morning panel and open =
discussions:
The Current Status of Birds<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>Panel Speakers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><u1:PersonName u2:st=3D"on"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Greg</u1:PersonName> Butcher, Director Bird =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Conservation,
National Audubon Society<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>Bruce Peterjohn, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on"><u1:place u2:st=3D"on"><u1:PlaceName =
u2:st=3D"on">USGS</st1:PlaceName></u1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on"><u1:PlaceName =
u2:st=3D"on">Patuxent</st1:PlaceName></u1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on"><u1:PlaceName =
u2:st=3D"on">Wildlife</st1:PlaceName></u1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on"><u1:PlaceName =
u2:st=3D"on">Research</st1:PlaceName></u1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on"><u1:PlaceType =
u2:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></u1:Pla=
ceType></u1:place></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>Jennifer Wheeler, Waterbird Coordinator, =
USFWS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>Robert Ridgely, Vice President Endangered Bird Conservation, =
American
Bird Conservancy <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Post-election =
analysis</span></font></b>
- Betsy Loyless, Vice President, Policy &amp; Lobbying, League of =
Conservation
Voters<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Lunch</span></font></b> - =
$10.00 per
attendee<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>BCA member issues and =
development of
the BCA</span></font></b> &#8211; Alicia Craig, Director, =
BCA<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Afternoon panel and open =
discussions:
Current and Future Bird Conservation Priorities</span></font></b> =
<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>Panel Speakers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>Ken Rosenberg, Director of <font color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black'><a
href=3D"http://birds.cornell.edu/programs/conservation/"><font =
color=3Dblack><span
style=3D'color:black;text-decoration:none'>Conservation =
Science</span></font></a>,</span></font>
Cornell Lab of Ornithology&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>John Faaborg, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on"><u1:place u2:st=3D"on"><u1:PlaceType =
u2:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType></u1:PlaceType>
 of <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on"><u1:PlaceName =
u2:st=3D"on">Missouri</st1:PlaceName></st1:place></u1:PlaceName></u1:plac=
e>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>George Wallace, Vice President International Programs, American =
Bird
Conservancy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>Paul Schmidt, Assistant Director, USFWS =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'><br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Keynote Speaker</span></b> - Scott
Weidensaul, followed by happy hour (4:30 &#8211; =
5:30)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

Weidensaul is =
the author
of The Ghost with Trembling =
Wings:
Science, Wishful Thinking, and the =
Search
for Lost Species. Weidensaul is also the author of more than =
20
books on nature and wildlife, including Living
on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds, =
<a
href=3D"http://www.fulcrum-books.com/html/mountains_of_the_heart.html"><f=
ont
color=3Dblack>Mountains of
the Heart: A Natural History of the =
Appalachians</a>,
two books in the popular Seasonal =
Guide to
the Natural Year series and many =
more.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

November 11th =
Optional
Field Trip - Blackwater
National Wildlife Refuge in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on"><u1:place u2:st=3D"on"><u1:City =
u2:st=3D"on">Cambridge</st1:City></u1:City>,
 <st1:State w:st=3D"on"><u1:State =
u2:st=3D"on">Maryland</st1:State></st1:place></u1:State></u1:place>.
Bring
your binoculars!<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
11.0pt'>For more information or to e-mail your RSVP registration for the =
BCA
meeting, contact: Alicia Craig, director Bird Conservation Alliance at
317-251-2473 or <a href=3D"mailto:acraig@abcbirds.org"><font =
color=3D"#9933cc"><span
style=3D'color:#9933CC'>acraig@abcbirds.org</span></font></a> or visit =
<a
href=3D"http://www.birdconservationalliance.org">http://www.birdconservat=
ionalliance.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Bird Conservation <st1:City =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
 w:st=3D"on"><u1:City u2:st=3D"on"><u1:place =
u2:st=3D"on">Alliance</st1:place></st1:City></u1:place></u1:City>
is facilitated by American Bird Conservancy&nbsp; (<a
href=3D"http://www.abcbirds.org">www.abcbirds.org</a>)<o:p></o:p></span><=
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Alicia Craig<br>
Director, Bird Conservation <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Alliance</st1:place></st1:City><br>
American Bird Conservancy<br>
<st1:address w:st=3D"on"><st1:Street w:st=3D"on">PO Box</st1:Street> =
90290</st1:address><br>
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Indianapolis</st1:City>, =
<st1:State
 w:st=3D"on">IN</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode =
w:st=3D"on">46240</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
317-251-2473<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:acraig@abcbirds.org">acraig@abcbirds.org</a><br>
<a =
href=3D"http://www.birdconservationalliance.org">http://www.birdconservat=
ionalliance.org</a><br>
<a =
href=3D"http://www.abcbirds.org">http://www.abcbirds.org</a></span></font=
><o:p></o:p></p>

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The Bird Conservation Alliance is a network of =
organizations 
that focus on bird conservation, study, education, observation and 
advocacy representing millions of birdwatchers and concerned =
citizens 
united for the conservation of birds. <o:p></o:p>

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