Here's the latest and it's all good for a change. We've all fought hard to get IBA, BCA and CEA protections over the last three decades and this piece has always been a problem. We now get it and others are paying for the ditching and water control we've always wanted in order to enhance the marsh and get this system working again as it should. Some great good has come from the natural gas controversy. john
http://www.the-leader.com/news/x1806111183/Company-donates-140-acres-in-Queen-Catharine-Marsh#axzz2XJhumVkt -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ "Conserve and Create Habitat" -- 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/ --