Burroughs Audubon Society announces ...
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The Important Bird Area (IBA) program is a worldwide bird conservation program designed to identify, monitor, and protect those areas most important to birds. The National Audubon Society, in partnership with BirdLife International, began implementing the IBA program in the United States in 1995. There are currently 46 states with IBA programs in various stages of development. Internationally, Audubon's International Alliances Program (IAP) protects the birds and biodiversity of the Americas through local conservation partnerships with Central American and South American communities located in and around IBAs.
In 2002, Audubon initiated the Missouri IBA program which identifies the 47 most important landscapes for bird populations in Missouri. Being centrally located among continental biomes and their transitional zones, Missouri contains a wide variety of avian species from western and northern prairies and wetlands, eastern forests, and southern swamps. Most avian conservation issues in Missouri involve the degradation, loss, and fragmentation of habitat. The Audubon Missouri IBA program identifies these imperiled habitats, their conservation concerns, species affected, and then targets them for on-the-ground community conservation action. Click here to view the Missouri IBA map.
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Wings Over Weston
Weston Bend State Park
Sat., May 12 from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
Plan to attend this free event at one of Missouri's most beautiful state parks! This event is designed for families and individuals of all ages. Booths and displays will feature information about migratory birds, games and activities, live birds from Operation Wildlife, and music by Bill Graham's Bluegrass Tornadoes. Click here for more info.
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May 1-22 - Birdathon 2012
Spring is a wonderful time to visit woods and wetlands to look for migrating birds. This year, bird for a cause! Consider participating in Birdathon by gathering pledges and finding birds, or by making a generous donation. All funds support Burroughs' important conservation and education work.
For information about joining an existing team, or forming one of your own, contact Paul Habiger at 816-616-6402, or  . Send team information to Christine Kline at  , then print off an official pledge sheet. As always, thanks for your support!
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The Gulf Oil Spill has already had catastrophic consequences for birds, other wildlife, coastal communities, and vital beach and wetland habitat. Now, even as the oil has stopped flowing, we know that its lasting impacts will only be revealed over time - and recovery will be a long-term process.
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The 2012 International Year of Sustainable Energy for All is a special year declared by the UN General Assembly to raise awareness of the relationship between sustainable energy and development. Sustainable energy provides new opportunities for growth during the economic downturn. Sustainable energy enables businesses to grow, generate jobs, and create new markets. Millions more children can study after dark. Countries can grow more resilient, competitive economies. With sustainable energy, countries can leapfrog over the limits of the energy systems of the past and build the clean energy economies of the future.
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General Meetings:
Burroughs meets on the first TUESDAY of each month, September through June (with the
exception of April when we hold our Annual Dinner), at the Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center. Please see the
general meetings page for more details! Come for coffee and cookies around 6:15 p.m. ~ business and program
begins at 6:45. Guests are always welcome!
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Wingbeat Online:
Wingbeat Spring 2012 -- Find current and past issues on the newsletter page of this website. If you don't have Acrobat Reader installed, click on the icon (Get Adobe Reader) below...it's a very popular and commonly used plugin for your web browser, and it's FREE!
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