[BCNnet] 10 p.m. tonight - CBS-2 Investigative Story on Montrose Public Sex Problem (*NO SIGHTINGS*)

[Leslie Borns]

Dear Birders, Conservationists, and Restoration Volunteers,

Tune in to CBS Channel 2 at 10 p.m. tonight when Pam Zeckman's award winning 
Investigative Team will broadcast a story about the Montrose public sex activity 
and how it negatively impacts the 25-acre Montrose Point and Montrose Beach 
Dunes natural areas (the latter a state designated habitat on the Illinois 
Natural Areas Inventory).  Some of birding's brightest stars will be interviewed 
and shed laser light on this chronic, offensive, and increasingly 
destructive type of public activity which worsened during the 2010 growing 
season when it spilled over from the upland habitat at Montrose Point (where 
it has traditionally been concentrated) into the most high quality, sensitive 
areas in the beach dunes, wiping out hundreds of the region's most sensitive 
plants, crushing resident bird species' nests, sending dune fauna and visitors 
into a panic, and leaving a trail of disgusting detritus (used condoms, toilet 
paper, feces and other human waste) for birders, monitors, and restoration 
volunteers to walk and work in.               


Over the past decade, thousands of volunteer hours and hundreds of thousands of 
City and State dollars have been invested in the Montrose natural areas 
resulting in some of the highest quality bird and plant habitats in the Chicago 
region and one of the rarest wetland types in the world.  Yet the public sex 
activity continues and is worse than ever.  Years of meetings with public 
officials, promises and public declarations, fences, signs, etc., have 
done nothing to stem the tide which increasingly degrades the precious urban 
habitats and all who attempt to peacefully respect and enjoy them.  Quoting a 
famous, now deceased, Montrose advocate many of you knew - it's time to SHOUT 
FROM THE ROOFTOPS.  


We are hopeful the CBS story will bring about the long-overdue effective action 
from public officials, especially the Chicago Park District, to finally put a 
stop to the Montrose problem.  It has been done successfully at other natural 
areas.


Channel 2 will have teasers on the 5 and 7 p.m. news, and the full inveistagive 
story airs at 10 p.m.  If you miss it the video will be posted on Channel 2's 
website tomorrow (Cbs2Chicago.com).  



Best regards,

/Leslie Borns
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