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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:[email protected] 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
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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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] item descrip-tion and price along with your contact info.
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Chapter Representatives
President: Nonie [email protected]
Vice President: Thelma [email protected]
Treasurer: Karen [email protected]
Recording Secretary:POSITION PENDING
Corresponding Secretary: SharonWeaver [email protected] Count Coordinator:Donald M. Ware.....862.6582
Conservation: POSITION OPENEducation: Nonie [email protected]
Field trips Coordinator:Bob Penhollow....729.2602
Hospitality: Sharon [email protected]
Membership: POSITION OPENPublicity: Linda [email protected]
Programs: Thelma [email protected]
Shorelines Editor: Theresa [email protected]..
Historian: Pat [email protected] ..678.2953
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