Please join us for an important discussion on climate change. This is Part 1 of a two part series. Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 7:00 PMA Bird's Eye View of Climate Change Birds are literally the canary in the coal mine... In 2014, the National Audubon Society published a major study on the current and future effects of climate change on North American birds. What the research indicated is chilling...climate change could threaten half of our birds by the end of the century, according to the study. That estimate is based on the 314 bird species, out of 588 studied, that could lose more of the area they currently occupy, because of a warming planet. Nearly 200 of these threatened species may find hospitable conditions elsewhere, but for 126 species there will be nowhere else to go. Shifts in climate could affect the range of grasslands, forests, and other bird habitats. As a keystone species, the existence of birds if tied into the health of the planet...which affects not only wildlife, but humans. Recently, National Audubon was awarded a $9 million grant to continue these studies in nine states, including New York. Join Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon tonight to learn more about the study, as well as Audubon’s Climate Initiative, the organizational response to this threat. The audience will learn what steps they can take to address the climate change threat in their backyards, communities, in Important Bird Areas near their homes and in the state houses. About the speaker: Lynsy Smithson-Stanley joined National Audubon in 2015 after three years with Climate Nexus, a nonprofit focused on climate change communication, where she directed media strategy and help execute strategic messaging about climate impacts. As deputy director of the climate initiative, her responsibilities include: leading strategic communications around Audubon's climate-related science and new climate initiative; assisting state offices, centers and chapter leaders design and execute local climate plans and accompanying climate-specific communication strategies; working with content, grassroots and policy teams to maximize visibility and applicability of Audubon's new science. Location: Cold Spring Harbor Library Downstairs Meeting Room Best Regards, Stella MillerPresidentHuntington-Oyster Bay Audubon
"Conservation is sometimes perceived as stopping everything cold, as holding whooping cranes in higher esteem than people. It is up to science to spread the understanding that the choice is not between wild places or people, it is between a rich or an impoverished existence for Man." Thomas Lovejoy -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
