What comes to me first on this topic would be a local push to support the national effort to convince owners to have only indoor cats.
Sarah Fern ---- Jody W Enck <j...@cornell.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > When I think about the topic of bird conservation, I think about all the > great work that gets done at the local level. In particular, I think about > conservation actions that increase bird habitat (e.g., habitat restoration > and management) as well as actions that slow down the loss of bird habitat > (e.g., conservation easements and set-asides). There also are important > actions aimed more at birds than at bird habitat per se. For example, I > think of the issues of used fishing line receptacles, putting up next boxes > or other structures (osprey platforms), etc. I personally am thrilled that > the Cayuga Bird Club has recently started up a conservation committee to take > a more active role in bird conservation locally. > > All of this has gotten me thinking about how somebody knows that bird > conservation is occurring. What kinds of things do we count as successes? I > think there probably are lots of different possible answers. I ask this > mostly because if we all want to (1) achieve more bird conservation on the > ground locally, and (2) attract more people to accomplish that conservation, > I think it would be particularly useful to understand and communicate about > what kinds of conservation “outcomes” we’d like to see happen. I think it’s > hard to get my friends and neighbors interested in bird conservation if they > don’t really know what that means. > > I hope this stimulates some fruitful discussion. > > Thanks. > Jody > > Jody W. Enck, PhD > Human Dimensions of Natural Resources > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
