march-april 2002 delaware audubon society newsletter

8/9/2019 March-April 2002 Delaware Audubon Society Newsletter

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Annual Dinner & Silent Auction ......3

Annual Dinner Speaker ....................4

Bird and Bike Ride ............................8

Birdathon ..........................................5

Bluebird Boxes..................................3

Books of Interest................................8

Calendar ..........................................6

Letter From the President ..................2

Lyme Disease....................................4

Officers & Committees......................2

Site Seeing ........................................3

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DELAWARE AUDUBON SOCIETY, INC.

A State-wide Chapter of National Audubon

D e l a w a r eAu d u b o n Journal

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NA T U R A L ST A T E

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AN N MCRO B E RT S RY D G R E N TO RE C E I V EDE AU D U B O N C O N S E RVAT I O N AWA R D 2 0 0 2

The recipient of this years Delaware Audubon Conservation Award isAnn McRoberts Rydgren who started her association with Audubon fortyyears ago.

Ann is currently editor of the Delaware Audubon Journal, which receiveda National Audubon award in her second year as editor. She also isserving as Chair for Delawares Important Bird Area Program (IBA). Herefforts have gained IBA designation for White Clay Creek State Park andPreserve, Pea Patch Island, the Great Cypress Swamp, and the entireCoastal Zone of Delaware, areas totaling over 300,000 acres.

Often referred to as the frequent president of Delaware Audubon, Annserved as president from 1986-1990 and from 1992-1994. During herfirst term as president Ann signed the court papers to begin a suit againstTexaco. That was probably the scariest thing I ever had to do aspresident.

Russell W. Peterson, former governor and Honorary Chairman of theBoard of Delaware Audubon says,

Ann Rydgren has for many years in a numberof organizations been a stalwart fighter for theenvironment.

Ann has served on numerous boards and committees for otherorganizations such as the Coalition for Natural Stream Valleys, the WhiteClay Creek Watershed Study for Wild and Scenic River Status, theBrandywine & Christina River Task Force, the Coalition for Open Space,the Pea Patch Island Special Area Management Plan, the Russell W.Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge Advisory Committee. She is co-chair ofthe Pea Patch Island Special Area Implementation Team.

She became an active advocate when she served as Co-coordinator of

Field Studies for Delaware Nature Society, formerly Delaware NatureEducation Society. She developed some challenging hands-on educationstrategies. Children could discover a miniature world right before theireyes when Ann would lay a hula hoop on an ordinary looking piece ofearth and guide their investigation of the microhabitats inside the hoop.

Vol. XXV No.4

March - April 2002

Hiding the saltshaker behindher, Ann Rydgren, age five,sets out to catch a bird bysprinkling salt on its tail.

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LE T T E R FR O M T H E PR E S I D E N T

Hello Members,I was part of arranging an energy pol icy debate at theUniversity of Delaware on January 30. It was a verygood panel of speakers who discussed all the issues

of energy concerns for our nations future. FormerGovernor Russell Peterson, Dr. John Byrne Directorof the University of Delawares Center for Energy andthe Environment; Edwin L. Morgan, DupontsManager for Environmental Stewardship; and FlorisJohnson of the Gwichin People of Northern Alaskawere the speakers. They and the audience had goodconversations on alternatives to the present energy

sources, mostly oil and coal.

Great strides have been made in wind farms which is the cheapest andcleanest form of energy. There is a wind farm on the border of WashingtonState and Oregon that is providing power for 100,000 homes. One farm is

being planned in South Dakota that will provide power for 1,000,000homes.

Hydrogen fuel cells are becoming more of a reality and will fuel our cars inthe coming years. The great thing about fuel cells is they will only emitwater vapor when used. The fuel standards on cars and trucks need to beraised. This would conserve a great deal of oil. The standards were movingup nicely until 1990 when they were stopped. If they were increased asmuch as a couple of miles per gallon, that would provide much more savedoil than the oil The National Arctic Refuge might provide.

I had a chance to talk to the Gwichin native at the conference who wasborn and raised at a village in the Arctic Refuge. She told heart warming

stories of her people and the life giving Caribou her people subsist on. If itwere to be drilled it would endanger this sacred way of life.

The coastal plain of Alaska which the Arctic refuge is a part of is already95% open to gas and oil exploration. We need not follow President Bush insacrificing the last 5%. We must also not forget solar energy which is alsomaking great strides of its own providing clean energy. There is some hopein future technologies that may help America and the world stave off afuture energy crisis and get us away from using more fossil fuels whichseems to be causing unstable weather patterns and the threat of a healthyfuture for all of creation.

Thanks for caring and please volunteer with Audubon.Matt Del Pizzo

2 DE L AWA R E AU D U B O N SO C I E T Y2001-2002OF F I C E R S & C O M M I T T E E S

If there are any issues you feel strongly about thatyou think Audubon should address, please writeIssues, P.O. Box 1713, Wilmington, DE 19899, orcall the office at (302) 428-3959. Chairpersonscan always be reached through the officeanswering machine - (302) 428-3959.

Honorary Chairman of the Board

Russell W. PetersonPresident Matthew DelPizzo

Vice President Leslie SavageSecretary Annette GarofaloCorresponding Secretary Ellen Wright

Treasurer Mark Martell

CONSERVATION COMMITTEES:

Environmental Advocate Grace Pierce-BeckRecycling Albert DelPizzoDredging Leslie Savage

Proposal/policy Review Dave ChambersNest Box Projects

Beaty Broughton, Peggy JahnArmchair Activi sts Al DelPizzoAdopt-a-Wetland

Peggy Jahn, Kathy TidballWhite Clay Creek Adopt-a-Highway

Dorothy Miller

Important Bird Area Program Ann RydgrenPrograms Committee Matthew DelPizzoPublicity Committee

Internet-Fred [email protected]

Membership Committee Annette Garofalo

Education Committee Kathy Tidbal lSocial Committee

Annual D inner-Nancy FramptonField Trips Committee Peggy Jahn

Publications Committee Ann Rydgren

FINANCE COMMITTEESFundraising-Grants Andrew Urquhart

Fundraising-Bird Seed SaleMark and Susan Martell

Fundraising Birdathon

Ruth Holden, Maude DaytonFundraising-Silent Auction Asha IyengarFundraising-Wildlife Sanctuary Open

Fundraising-Piping Plover Suite Ann RydgrenNominating Committee Matthew DelPizzo,

Asha Iyengar, Leslie Savage

DIRECTORS FOR SERVICE UNTIL 2002:

Beaty Broughton Albert A. DelPi zzoPeggy Jahn Kelli MartinLeslie Savage Andrew W. Urquhart

DIRECTORS FOR SERVICE UNTIL 2003Dorothy Miller Grace Pierce-BeckAnn Rydgren

DIRECTORS FOR SERVICE UNTIL 2004:Fred Breukelman David ChambersSheryl Myers Charles Wortman

REPRESENTATIVES

Sharon Burchenal, Dover ; Kay Tebbens,Mil ford; Till Purnell, Mil lsboro

Mission Statement :The mission of Delaware Audubon Society is topromotean appreciation and understanding of nature; to preserve and protect ournatural environment; and, to affirm the necessity for clean air and water andthe stewardship of our natural resources.


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Preserve Our N atural State

W H A T Y O U C A N D O . . .

S I T E SE E I N GThis column will suggestInternet websites that may beof interest to readers. If youhave a favorite that you thinkwill interest others, please send theaddress to us, [email protected] call us at (302) 428-3959.

Birdingpal.com

Worldwide contacts for traveling birders.

http://www.enn.comStay up to date at the Environmental News Network

AN N U A L D I N N E R& S I L E N TAU C T I O N

The annual dinner of theDelaware Audubon Society willbe held on Monday, April 29,2002, at the Delcastle Inn, offMcKennans Church Road atDuncan Road.

Social hour and Silent Auctionviewing will begin at 6:00 pm;dinner at 7:00 pm.

Make your dinner reservationsby sending a check beforeWednesday, April 24 for $30per person to:Delaware Audubon, DinnerP.O. Box 1713Wilmington, DE 19899.

Please indicate the names of

those attending and their choiceof chicken cordon bleu, bakedsalmon with dil l sauce orvegetarian dinner.

CE L E B R AT E EA RT H DAY!

Help make Delaware more beautiful!

On April 13, Saturday, we will be picking up along Creek Road for Adopt-A-Highway. Bring your own gloves and dress appropriately. Meet at the HopkinsRoad parking lot at the Visitor Center at 8:30 am.

Also on April 13, join us at 8:30 am for the Christina Watershed Clean-up. Wewill be working on the White Clay Creek. Meet at the Hopkins Road parking lotat the Visitor Center. It is important for Dorothy Mi ller to know you wil l be there.Please call her at 366-8059.

Get Outdoors!Help us protect our environment!

BL U E B I R D BO X E S

To help you appreciate and understand nature, Delaware Audubon has availableby order well-constructed pine boxes with a shingle roof, a wire mesh insert forinsect protection and an easy front opening. Designed by Warren Lauder, thisbox has proven to be one of the best. Nest boxes should go up in Februarybefore bluebirds return to nest.

Help Delaware Audubon and help the bluebirds come back. Priced at $20 for apine box and $25 for cedar, we are sure you will be pleased with this box. Ordernow for yourself and your friends.

Downstate members can pick up their boxes from Dennis Foley near Milton,DE. Please arrange for pick-up when you call Fred Jahn 378-6474.

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N ews & Views

AN N U A L D I N N E R SP E A K E R DAV I D B. C A RT E RTO EX P O S E GA S T R O N O M Y A N D LU S T O NDE L AWA R E BE A C H E S

Gastronomy and Lust on Delaware Beaches will be the topic of the slide showto be presented by David B. Carter at the Annual Dinner of the Society on April29. David will dispel some of the myths and unlock some of the truths aboutwhat is going on along the Delaware Shoreline with shorebirds and horseshoecrabs based on five years of intensive monitoring work.

The past fi ve years of field research have provided superb news about Delaware

Bay shorebirds through the work of the Delaware Shorebird Monitoring Team.Long-term scientific data is crucial to the development and refinement of soundmanagement programs for the migratory shorebird and fishery resourcesdependent upon Delaware Bay. Great progress has been achieved in thedevelopment and implementation of a systematic long-term shorebird-monitoring program for the Delaware Coast of the Delaware Bay. Dave willprovide an overview of the monitoring objectives and some conclusions drawnfrom work to date.

David Carter is a native Delawarean who grew up in the town of New Castle,along the Delaware River. Dave has been the Environmental Program Managerfor Delaware Coastal Programs since 1991. He oversees technical and scientificfield studies, federal consistency reviews and many other special projects relatedto pressing coastal issues in Delaware. Dave spends much of his time birdwatching and hunting, and has begun to restore the habitat on his 40-acre farmalong the Blackbird Creek.

BI O D I V E R S I T Y MAYLE S S E N LY M E D I S E A S E

The richer a regions array of lizardand small mammal species, the lesslikely people are to catch Lymedisease, say New York researchers.

Thats the pattern emerging from an11-state area, say Richard S. Ostfeld ofthe Institute of Ecosystem Studies inMillbrook and Felicia Keesing of

Sienna College in Loudonville. Thetrend could provide a new reason tolove biodiversity - it protects humanhealth.

The U.S. government logs between12,000 and 17,000 cases of Lymedisease a year, making it the mostcommon insect-borne disease in theUnited States. At least two species ofIxodes ticks spread it when they bite.The ticks typically hatch uninfected,but as they take one blood meal during

each of their life stages, the ticks pickup bacteria.

Only some of the 100 or so speciesthat ticks bite can easily infect themwith bacteria. The white-footed mouse,a common species, transfers thedisease exceptionally well. Anabundance of other tick targets coulddilute the concentration of suchdangerously good infectors and thusslow disease spread, the researcherssuggest.

Small mammal diversity ranged from26 species in Maine with some 50Lyme cases per 100,000 residents, to38 species in Georgia, which reportedfewer than five cases per 100,000.Maine has no native lizards butGeorgia has 14.

Susan MiliusScience News

President ........................................................Matthew DelPizzoVice President ........................................................Leslie SavageSecretary ..........................................................Annette GarofaloCorresponding Secretary ........................................Kathy TidballTreasurer ................................................................Mark Martell

Board of Directors

Directors for service until 2005:Peggy JahnLeslie SavageAndrew Urquhart

Submitted by the Nominating Committee:Asha IyengarLeslie SavageMatthew DelPizzo

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BI R D AT H O N FO R BI R D S A N D MO N E YMAY 1 - MAY 3 1

The Delaware Audubon Birdathon is important because it gives us a chance toassess the health and well-being of our migratory birds as they run theenvironmental gauntlet between their winter and summer homes. It also raisesmoney for Delaware Audubon, so we can continue to protect our naturalheritage through environmental education and conservation.

IS BEING A BIRDATHONER REALLY AS EASY AS 1, 2, 3?

Yes, Step 1 is: Sign Up SponsorsEach birder signs up sponsors who pledge a certain amount of money for eachbird species he/she identifies.

Step 2 is: Count Your BirdsCount species for any 24-hour period between May 1 and May 31!Participants are encouraged to tramp around their favorite woods and fieldsand any field trip may be used during that time period to help you find birds!You can even count birds in your own backyard! Count as many species ofbirds you can in a 24-hour time period.

And Step 3 is: Collect on your pledgesAfter collecting from all your sponsors, send the proceeds to DelawareAudubon Society.

IF I AM UNABLE TO BE A BIRDER CAN I STILL HELP?

Yes, make a pledge or flat donation to some other birder ...orContribute to the success of Delaware Audubon Birdathon 02 as a sponsor!

REGISTER TODAY AND HELP SUPPORT DELAWARE AUDUBON

Name..............................................................................................................

Address ..........................................................................................................

Phone..............................................................................................................

u Birder u Backyard Birder u Under 18

u Sponsor I d l ike to pledge $__________per species to support

Audubon.

u Contributor Id li ke to contribute a lump sum of $__________

RETURN TO: Birdathon, P.O. Box 1713, Wilmington, DE 19899

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NE E D HE L P W I T HY O U R BI R D AT H O N ?

C O N TA C T T H E C O -C H A I R S

F O R S U G G E S T I O N S.

Ruth Holden and her daughter,Maud Dayton are the co-chairsfor Birdathon 2002. They havecontributed thousands of dollarsto the Birdathon over the pastthree years.

The key. Ruth says, is to getyour friends and neighborsinvolved. Ten and twenty-fivecent pledges per species add upto big bucks. You dont needmany species if they are worthfive or ten dollars each.

For inspiration and suggestions

call (302) 428-3959, leave amessage and Ruth will returnyour call.


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613 8:30 am SaturdayEvent

Adopt-A-Highway Pick-upon Creek RdMeet at Hopkins RoadVisitor CenterDorothy Mil ler 366-8059

13 8:30 am SaturdaySeventh Annual Christina

Watershed Clean-up(White Clay Creek)Meet at Hopkins RoadVisitor CenterDorothy Mil ler 366-8059

20 6:30 am Saturday

Field Trip - Half day.Delmarva OrnithologicalSocietyEarly spring migrants.

Lums Pond State ParkMeet Meta Little at GlasgowHigh School Rte 896.(302)368-3472.

20 9:00 am 1:00pm SaturdayDMNH Field Trip

Register by April 15.

Bombay Hook NWRSpring Waterbird Migration.Bring lunch.Fee $8 for museummembers/$15 non-members.Meet at refuge headquarters.For more information callJean Woods at DelawareMuseum of Natural History302-658-9111 x314

27 6:00 am SaturdayDelmarva OrnithologicalSocietyField trip - All day.Nanticoke watershed.Spring migrants. Meet atBoyds corner Park & Ride,Rtes 13 and 301. Please call

Andy Ednie 792-9591.

28 8:30 am Sunday

Bombay Hook NWR.

Field trip - Half-day.Meet at refuge headquarters.Refuge Fee involved.Please call Peggy Jahn,302-378-6478, if you planto come .

F I E L D TR I P SA N D EV E N T S

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9 8:00 am Saturday

Field Trip - Half day.Delmarva OrnithologicalSociety Gulls.Meet at Merchants SquareShopping Center, EdgmoorRd. entrance. Please callMike Smith 762-8388 forinformation.

16 6:30 am SaturdayField Trip - Half day.

Delmarva OrnithologicalSociety Thousand AcreMarsh. Meet John Janowski(395-5426) at Veterans Park

in Delaware City.

18 7:30 pm MondayAnnual Meeting of Friends

of White Clay Creek

Dan Leathers, Water,Water Everywhere?

Delawares Climate

Concerns . George WilsonCenter on New LondonRoad (Route 896), acrossfrom Clayton Hall.

30 7:30 am Bird and Bike.Field TripMeet Matt DelPizzo in theAugustine Beach parking lot.You must register ahead oftime, [email protected] (302) 428-3959.

Apri l

6 8:00 am - noon SaturdayDMNH Field Trip

Register by April 1.

Brandywine CreekState ParkForest Birds of DelawareFee: $8 for museummembers/$15 non-members.Meet at park headquarters.For more information callJean Woods at DelawareMuseum of Natural History302-658-9111 x314.

29 6:00 pm Monday

Annual Dinner and SilentAuctionDelcastle Inn offMcKennans Church Road,David Carter Gastronomyand Lust on DelawareBeaches.

$30.00Deadline Wed., April 24.

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Delaware Audubon

Birdathon

4 8:00 am - noon Saturday

Field TripRegister by Apr il 29.

White Clay Creek State Park

Warbler Migration.Fee $8 for museummembers/$15 non-members.Meet at park Nature center.For more information callJean Woods at DelawareMuseum of Natural History302-658-9111 x314.

4 7:30 am Saturday

Field Trip

Friends of White Clay CreekWhite Clay Creek State Park

Spring Migrants Jeff Gordon.Meet at Chambers HouseNature Center on CreekRoad north of Hopkins Road.For further information or toreserve a pair of loanerbinoculars, call Friends ofWhite Clay Creek StatePark(302) 239-2471.

11 SaturdayDelmarva OrnithologicalSociety Spring Count andInternational Migratory BirdDayJohn Janowski 834-9710

Please call Field Trip leaders

ahead of time and register. You

will be notified if any changes

arise. Most tri ps are half-day.Dress according to the weather

and ask leader if waterproof

boots, etc. are needed.


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As Education chair for Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research, she learnedhow to handle education birds. Her favorite was a female merlin that hada sense of humor. She would sit very nicely on hand until a group waspresent. Then she woul d do her business in front of everyone. Thegroup would then go into gales of laughter completely disrupting the flow

of the program.

Ann does bird banding and dolphin searching as part of Earthwatchresearch projects and has participated in 24 of these projects from therain forest of Hawaii to the Bahamas and Canada.

Peterson continued, Her dedicated, committed, persistent and

generous service to the Delaware AudubonSociety is especially noteworthy. She clearly

deserves our Conservation Achievement Award

for 2002.

Ann has initiated and led many chapter efforts, including: an Adopt-A-Wetland site at Grass Dale, where she has led surveys for

the past five years, producing exhaustive reports of the changes in floraand fauna there.

The Birdathon, which under her aegis has become a reliable andsignificant source of funds.

managing the distribution of Audubons Nest Box Project giving outover 100 nest boxes for Bluebirds, Prothonotary Warblers, Kestrels,owls and Ospreys.

commissioning the musical composition, the Piping Plover Suite, as atool for teachers to use in helping students understand the threatenedand endangered Piping Plover.

supporting the first ever horseshoe crab legislation by writi ng newsletterarticles and representing Audubon at hearings and workshops.

serving as chair of standing committees for education and membershipand Audubons two Adopt-A-Highway locations.

I have an overwhelming curiosity about the natural world. I alwayswanted to share my enthusiasm and have othersfeel the exhilaration I do at all the natural wonders.A long succession of people have been generousand patient in teaching me and allowing me toexplore. Among them have been Mike Riska andsome of the super guides at Delaware NatureSociety, such as Nancy Frederick and Peg Plank.Then there is Grace-Pierce Beck who taught meabout steadfastness. Dorothy Miller has never given

up t ryi ng to teach me bi rd songs. Peggy Jahnalways has answers to my confusing questions,says Ann.

Ann and her husband, Don, live in Hockessin. They have three sons andfive grandchildren. I think I have an obligation to my five grandchildrenand future generations to keep the earths natural systems in goodworking condition. Instead of capturing and trying to control nature Iwould like us to learn to borrow nature. Capture a lightening bug,wonder at it and let it go on its way.

Conservation Award 2002continued from page 1

If ever anyone deserved this awardit is Ann. For years, she has beenAudubon in Delaware and hasdone cheerfully (at least to alloutward appearances) every job thatcame her way - dirty or otherwise,says Til Purnell, Delaware AudubonConservation Award recipient in1989.

Previous recipients of theConservation Award are: PeggyJahn, Lynne Frink, Gwynne Smith,Rick West, Jacob Kreshtool, TilPurnell, Don Sharpe, BarbaraLundberg, Leah Roedel, Ruth AnnMinner, Joseph Biden, Jr., W instonWayne, Russell Peterson, GracePierce-Beck, Dorothy Miller,Edw ard Cooch, Jr., Lynn W.Williams and Thomas B. Sharp.

Capture a lightening bug,

wonder at it and let it go

on its way.

DNREC Secretary nicholas DiPasquale,Ann rydgren and Governor Ruth AnnMinner.


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BO O K SO F IN T E R E S T

The Audubon Journal is published bi-monthly

by the Delaware Audubon Society. Original

articles may be reprinted without permission.

Please give credit to the Delaware Audubon

Journal and the author.

Editor: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ann Rydgren

Assistant Editor: . . . . . . . . . . .Barbara Roewe

Design & Layout : . . . . . . . . .Maryellen F. Birk

Printing: . . . . . . . .Sprint Quali ty Printing, Inc.

Delaware Audubon Society, i ncorporated i n

1977, is a state- wide chapter of the

National Audubon Society.

w WEB SITE

http://www.delawareaudubon.org

w MAILING ADD RESS:

Delaware Audubon Society

P.O. Box 1713Wilmington, DE 19899

w TELEPHONE:

(302) 428-3959

w DELAWAREAUDUBON SOCIETY E-MAIL:

[email protected]

We can receive contributions through

your United Way payroll deduction

designation. Our Uni ted Way

designation number is 9017.

FIELD TRIP

BI R D A N D BI K E RI D E

Delaware Audubon president, Matt DelPizzo, will lead a birdand bike ride on March 30. Meet him at 7:30 am in theAugustine Beach parking lot.

The route we will follow will go to Delaware Audubons Adopt-A-Wetland in Delaware City where we will walk and bird. Fromthere we will bike to Dragon Run then over to Thousand AcreMarsh which we will circle. We will bike to Port Penn naturetrail, and then we will bike back to Augustine Beach Parking lotwhere we will bird Augustine Creek. We can go to Kellys Tavernfor Crab cakes if desired.

You must register ahead of time at [email protected] orleave a message wi th your phone number at (302) 428-3959.

For information on upcoming field trips and events please see

the calendar on page 6.

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The Botany Of Desire

by Michael Pollan, New York:Random House, 271 pages, $24.95.In the introduction to The Botany ofDesire, the author asks himself, Did Ichoose to plant these potatoes or didthe potato make me do it?

This comically inspired metaphysicalquestion begins what is a plants-eye-view of the world as told by MichaelPollan. While applying the sameupside-down perspective with a skillnot matched by many, he weaveshistory, personal memoir, folk tales,classical mythology and botanicalsciences into tales that become for the

reader a splendid journey that, whenall is said, will forever change the wayyou look at these plants.

In response to being asked why he setout to unsettle the tendency humanshave to simplify their experiences withthe natural world, Pollan replied:Think of all the trees that have beencut down to make room for thegrasses. It makes just as much sense toa Darwinian to say that agriculturewas something that the grasses came

up with to get us to cut down the trees.Evolution doesnt have one point ofview. Theres nobody in charge. Thepoint of view of every species has tobe taken into account. Its hard to do

every species is self-centered, likethe bee, like us. But what I try to do inthe book is give equal time to theplants point of view, because so far aswe know they dont write books.

David L. RoopThe Decatur Daily

SI L E N T AU C T I O N

Its time to make your contribution tothe Silent Auction. Be creative anddonate your particular skil ls or aspecial guided field trip. Come bid onthe helicopter rides from Horizon.

Please call Asha Iyengar, 428-3959, tomake arrangements for your SilentAuction donation.

Instead of capturing and trying to control natureI would like us to learn to borrow nature.

Ann Rydgren


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Delaware Audubon Society

Membership Package

Choose IF YOUR CONCERNS AND INTERESTSARE LOCAL.

Your $20 membership dues enable you and your family tohave a strong voice in local and state environmental issues.By choosing this option, 100% of your funds stay right here tosupport the programs and initiatives of Delaware Audubonthroughout the state.As a member of Delaware Audubon, you wi ll receive:

Delaware Audubon Journal newsletter(6 i ssues per year).

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A U D U B O N magazine published six times a year byNational Audubon Priority registration for all National Audubon field trips,tours, and classes The privi lege of voting for the officers of National Audubon The possib il ity to serve as a member of the Board ofDirectors and various committees of National Audubon Delaware Audubon Journal newsletter (6 issues per year).

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(Please circle one) $20 Individual/Family $50 Contributing $100 Sustaining $250 Corporate $500 Patron

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