The Fort Worth
Audubon Society meets the second Thursday of each month (except
summer months) at 7:30 p.m. Meetings are now held in Research
and Education (RES) Bldg, Everett Hall, Room 100, at
the University of North Texas Health Science Center (formerly
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine) at 3500
Camp Bowie Boulevard at Montgomery (MapQuest.com).
We do not
meet in June, July or August.
Programs
for September January 2008 – May 2008
FEBRUARY 14th BRING
YOUR KIDS TO AUDUBON NIGHT!
Our
February meeting will be held at River Legacy Living Science
Center in Arlington at 6:30pm INSTEAD of our usual meeting
place. All our encouraged to bring the kids, neighbors, and
grandkids for a live Raptor Presentation from Black land
Prairie Raptor Rehab.
In August,
2004, Black land Prairie Raptor Center was incorporated as a
501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization with a small but determined
group of individuals and a common goal - to create a place
where the people of North Texas could learn, experience and
appreciate birds of prey and understand their importance in
the environment as a whole.
We began by
building appropriate caging for 8 non-releasable raptors and
the use of an existing shed on a Board members property
approximately 70 miles northeast of Dallas. We offered
educational presentations to schools, festivals, camps and
environmental groups as well as anyone else interested in
learning about raptors, reaching more than 5,000 people in the
first year.
MARCH 13th Andrew C. Kasner, Ph.D.;Director of
Bird Conservation;Deputy Director Texas Audubon speaking on
Important Bird Area's. From the Audubon Website:
The Important
Bird Areas Program (IBA) is a global effort to identify and
conserve areas that are vital to birds and other biodiversity.
By working with Audubon chapters, landowners, public agencies,
community groups, and other non-profits, Audubon endeavors to
interest and activate a broad network of supporters to ensure
that all Important Bird Areas are properly managed and
conserved. The Important Bird Areas Program recognizes that
coupled with
global warming,
habitat loss and fragmentation are the most serious threats
facing populations of birds across America and around the
world. By working to identify and implement conservation
strategies at Important Bird Areas, we hope to minimize the
effects that habitat loss and degradation have on birds and
other biodiversity.
Unless we can slow the pace of our changing climate and the
rapid destruction and degradation of habitat, populations of
many birds may decline to dangerously low levels. Please visit
the links on the left and above to learn more about Important
Bird Areas and how you can help.
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