Birding Wire

Partnerships

Wednesday, October 25, 2017
BirdNote, a daily radio program heard on public radio stations across the country, is currently seeking three to four partners who would like to experiment with ways of incorporating the program into their environmental education program for ages 6 to 18.
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The partnership of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Audubon Great Lakes has announced a joint position, filled by former Audubon Important Bird Areas program coordinator Caleb Putnam, has been tasked with establishing a new conservation outreach program in Michigan with a special focus on birds.
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Progressive Farms is partnering with the North American Butterfly Association (NABA) in an effort to enhance soil health, improve pollinator habitat quality, and address issues associated with excessive use of biocides in gardening and farming.
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Free native plants and labor were the words of the day last week as New Jersey Audubon (NJA), the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority/Wallkill River Watershed Management Group (SCMUA-WRWMG) and the NJ Youth Corps of Phillipsburg partnered up to work with private landowners in the region to restore habitat and improve water quality.
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This week, members of Ducks Unlimited's development and conservation staffs, along with Phillips 66 Director of Philanthropy and Community Engagement Claudia Kreisle and Supervisor of Philanthropy and Community Relations Ed Thayer, toured the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, examined shoreline protecting rock breakwaters and discussed potential projects for future restoration efforts.
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During National Wildlife Refuge Week, a nationwide celebration of America's national wildlife refuges, National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and the National Wildlife Refuge Association (NWRA) are launching a new partnership aimed at educating and mobilizing the millions of Americans who care passionately about their nearby national wildlife refuges in the decades-old struggle to permanently protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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The Illinois Audubon Society has announced its acquisition of 80-acres adjacent to Joliet Park District's Pilcher Park in Will County. With a generous $1.38 million dollar grant from Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation, the Society purchased the property for $1.9 million dollars.
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A unique new partnership between the National Park Service (NPS), the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (AG&FC) and the National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (NBCI) is providing a new dimension to national efforts to restore declining wild bobwhite quail populations on a landscape scale.
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Strawberry Plains (Miss.) Audubon Center recently partnered with the Army Corp of Engineers and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks to drill and plant over 2,000 plugs of native forbs/wildflowers and warm-season grasses at the State Waterfowl Wildlife Management Area on Sardis Lake.
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