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Happy Spring everyone. Its time to get ready for one of the busiest

months in the environmentalist calendar! April is absolutely full of ways

to celebrate and conserve

our Earth and the crea-

tures that we share it with.

Here are some events in

our local area that I would

encourage you to get out

and enjoy. Earth Day/ Ar-bor Day Celebration Fri-day, April 20 from 11am

until 8pm. This Environ-mental awareness event is full

of displays from several busi-

nesses and organizations

(including CAS), plus hands-on

activities, tree planting, activities

for kids and more. Located at the Fort Walton Beach Landing on Brooks Street in

Downtown Fort Walton Beach. Coastal Clean-Up Saturday, April 21rstfrom 8am until 11am at various beaches. More than just a clean-up, join usfor educational games for the whole family . This event is sponsored by Okaloosa

Environmental Council, TDC, OWC

Americorps, and Choctawhatchee

Audubon Society. For schedule and

location information, call Nancy Hus-

songat (850) 651-7131 x 223.

Step It Up Gulf Coast!Three events have been put together in

the Pensacola area that wed like you to

know about; 1 "Global Warming, LocalSolutions", a forum with four presentersabout the latest findings and local ef-

fects. The forum occurs on Tuesday,April 10th at Pensacola Junior College'sHadler Auditorium, from 6 PM to 8 PM.Contact:johnfinora@hotmail.com or 850-457-

0459. 2 Step It Up Gulf Coast, a campaign to raise public awareness about global warmingand address climate change issues in the Gulf Coast area. Saturday, April 14th at the Pavil-lion on Pensacola Beach fromNoon to 2 PM. Finally, we will end up with Earth DayPensacola in Bayview Park on Saturday 21st, from 10 AM to 5 PM.Continued page 2...

CAS monthly meetings areheld the First Thursday ofeach month at 6:30 PM atOWC Niceville LearningResources Center (LRC),Room 131. Non membersare welcome.

April Program:Florida Whales!Frank Gromling willpresent information on

Right Whales thatmigrate up the eastcoast of Florida.Fieldtrips & More:March 31-April 13: BirdBanding at Fort Morgan andDauphin Island Alabama,

dawn to mid-afternoon.April 6: Eventures withNonies Ark meet at TopsailHill State Park 6:45pm

April 7: Bird Walk at ShoalSanctuary, Mossy Head. Meetat Niceville's Badcock parkinglot at 7:30 AM. Robert &Chris Larson 598-0392

April 20: Earth Day/ArborDay Celebration downtownFWB, 11am-8pm. Tovolunteer email NonieorTheresa

April 21: InternationalCoastal Clean-up. Tovolunteer call, NancyHussong 651-7131

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

New Migration Record 2

Bird Banding 2

Earth Day cont. 2

From The Nest 3

Volunteers! 3

Classifieds 3

Thank you to our Sponsors 4

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

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CAS is dedicated to the protection of bird and wildlife habitat, environmental education, and a greater appreciation of Northwest Floridas natural beauty.

RE M E M B E R T O C E L E B R A T E EARTH DA Y!

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New Migration Record by: LennyScientists and birders have always considered the Arctic Tern to be the recordholder for having the longest migration of any bird--approximately 22,000 milesroundtrip. Well, move over Arctic Tern because there is a new champion in town.

Researchers from the University of California, Santa Cruz, recently crowned (useyour imagination) the Sooty Shearwater the new champ.

Researchers tracked Sooty Shearwaters migratingabout 44,000 miles in one year. The shearwaterswere captured at their breeding burrows onsome of New Zealand's is- lands and had a geolocat-ing tag affixed to their leg. The tags recorded datasuch as migration route and the depth birds divedwhen foraging; some diving as deep as 200 feet.Theresearchers tagged 33 shearwaters and recov-ered 19 tags the following year when the birds returned to their breeding colony.The migratory path showed a pair of birds migrating from New Zealand to differentwintering locations along South America, North America and Asia before returningto their breeding colony.

Bird Banding Anyone?If you are interested in watching a group of

dedicated bird researchers capture andband Neo-tropical migrant birds annuallyrepresenting dozens of species you will notwant to miss this. This site is the first land-fall and the last departure point for thou-sands of migrating birds and as such hasgiven the team from the Hummer BirdStudy group the opportunity to capture andband large numbers of ruby-throated hum-

mingbirds as well as countless other spe-cies of birds. Bob Penhollow will be leadingthis field trip to Fort Morgan State Historicalpark in Fort Morgan, Al on March 31rst.Plan to meet at Turkey Creek in Niceville at7:30 am to carpool. Contact Bob at bob-penhollow@cox.net for more info. The web-

site for the event is :http://www.hummingbirdsplus.org/FortMorganBanding.html

Earth Day cont..All our local groups will have tables and infor-

mation at this independently sponsored and

produced event. We need to raise issue aware-ness and identify new recruits in the battle for

our environment. We are a development-rich

zone with delicate habitat and we need help in

the Florida Panhandle, a BioGem Project, to

protect what we have and limit insane growth

to more reasonable, responsible growth, if

there is such a thing. Our 4/10 forum, "Global

Warming, Local Solutions" features University

of West Florida professors and others dealing

with the new international reports on global

warming and drawing local consequences and

potential solutions. This event is presented by

Sustainable West Florida, Gulf Coast Environ-

mental Defense and is co-sponsored by many

other groups including the League of Women

Voters, the Sierra Club, the Panhandle Pro-

gressives and many others. Please remember

that its great fun to just go to these events, but

when you volunteer you get that fun and the

reward of knowing that you made a difference.

Contact myself orNonieto find out how you

can help. Theresa Dennis

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Shorel ines Page 3

From the Nest: A Note from a CAS Kid:__Tupelo Swamp Clean-Up!

March 10th we went on a swamp clean-up with Nonie and

Mr. Dannys Boy Scout troop. It was very fun! We pickedup a plant called hyacinth from our kayaks . We helped

Erica, a wildlife biologist brake a beaver dam. We did

his because we found hyacinth in the dam and it was

eeping the water from flowing. We found trash in the

wamp and we cleaned that up too. We pulled lots of

yacinth out of the water because it is invasive. I am

ooking forward to the beach clean-up in April and I hope

ou can join us!

Skylar Dennis

Age 8 Danny Dean and his son Tyler

f you know a CAS Kid that would like to write an article for the Shorelines please make sure that it

nvolves conservation of the environment and or the animals that we share it with and email it to the

ditor for consideration. We want our children to know that they can make a difference. They are our

uture and we can t afford to make them wait!

Calling all volunteers!Nonie is gearing up for the upcomingTern chasing season and will need at

least six volunteersto help monitorparking lots in FtWalton and Destin

for fallen chicks.You can volunteer

for as much oras little as youdlike, but we defi-nitely need peo-ple on a schedule to drive around the

buildings twice a day. Please call or email

Noniefor more info.Picture: Sara Fraser releasing a rehabilitated least tern.

Classifieds:

Wanted: *Recording Secretary to keep notes atboard meetings, no experience necessary!*Membership Chairperson to manage local data-base and be present at events to welcome visitors

and encourage membership.

Do you have any birding equipment that youdont use anymore? List it in the Shorelinesalong with camping, hiking, or paddling gear.Anything that someone could use to enjoy ournatural blessings. Remember, one persons trashis anothers treasure! Email Theresa the editor attinkinneverland@yahoo.comwith item descrip-tion and price along with your contact info.

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Chapter Representatives

President: Nonie Mainesnonie@noniesark.com....862.9588

Vice President: Thelma PhillipsTCMagures@aol.com651.0508

Treasurer: Karen Newhousenewhouse@earthlink.net..897.3745

Recording Secretary:POSITION PENDING

Corresponding Secretary: SharonWeaver ...897.5464slw243@cox.netBird Count Coordinator:Donald M. Ware.....862.6582

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Conservation: POSITION OPENEducation: Nonie Mainesnonie@noniesark.com.862.9588

Field trips Coordinator:Bob Penhollow....729.2602

bobpenhollow@cox.net

Hospitality: Sharon Weaverslw243@cox.net.897.5464

Membership: POSITION OPENPublicity: Linda Daughertywbudestin@earthlink.net..269.0665

Programs: Thelma PhillipsTCMagures@aol.com...651.0508

Shorelines Editor: Theresa Dennistinkinneverland@yahoo.com..

Historian: Pat Bakerflabirder@cox.net ..678.2953

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