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Minnesota Birders: The following is from the LA Birds site on <<<www.birdingonthe.net>>>. It is full of pathos, encouragement and sadness. There are many birders listed as both 'found' and 'missing.' I include Van Remsen's request. (He is one of the world's experts on Ivory-billed Woodpecker.) I urge all to go to the site and read the posts--some heart-warming and some heart-breaking. Doug Chapman Sioux Falls, SD Subject: birder-to-birder Katrina relief From: Van Remsen <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 13:58:31 -0500 LABIRD: It seems highly likely that some of our comrades in SE LA and coastal MS have lost everything. Let's hope that the roster is miraculously short. Nonetheless, let's start thinking about a relief effort. I suspect that FEMA/Red Cross etc. will eventually take care of the basic needs in terms of long-term housing and clothing, although we can do our part in terms of temp housing and donations. I suspect that an appropriate niche for us might be things like field gear and bird books. This stuff is obviously low on their immediate priority list but may mean a lot fairly soon to those who have lost it all. Unlike the federal agencies who were supposed to have a plan for this predictable disaster, I don't have a blueprint we can follow in terms of what we can do with LABIRD resources ... I'm basically thinking "out loud," so feedback welcomed. I have already heard from Mike Busam of the Ohio Ornithological Society in terms of wondering how they can help. Perhaps those of you with birder contacts in other states can get those states to at least start thinking about a similar effort. I know that our great neighbors in Texas and Arkansas have especially big hearts. It is unlikely that New Orleans area folks will have a clear idea of their losses soon, but Slidell-Lacombe and coastal MS folks may already know where they stand. -- Van Remsen [email protected] LSU Museum of Natural Science Foster Hall 119, LSU Baton Rouge, LA 70803 --part1_194.4650cc93.304b471b_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" FACE=3D"Gen= eva" FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" SIZE=3D"2"> Minnesota Birders:<BR> <BR> The following is from the LA Birds site on <<<www.birdingonthe.net&= gt;>>. It is<BR> full of pathos, encouragement and sadness. There are many birders listed as<= BR> both 'found' and 'missing.'<BR> <BR> I include Van Remsen's request. (He is one of the world's experts on<BR> Ivory-billed Woodpecker.)<BR> <BR> I urge all to go to the site and read the posts--some<BR> heart-warming and some heart-breaking.<BR> <BR> Doug Chapman<BR> Sioux Falls, SD<BR> <BR> Subject: birder-to-birder Katrina relief<BR> From: Van Remsen <[email protected]><BR> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 13:58:31 -0500<BR> LABIRD: It seems highly likely that some of our comrades in SE LA and coasta= l<BR> MS have lost everything. Let's hope that the roster is miraculously short.<B= R> Nonetheless, let's start thinking about a relief effort. I suspect that FEMA= /Red<BR> Cross etc. will eventually take care of the basic needs in terms of long-ter= m<BR> housing and clothing, although we can do our part in terms of temp housing<B= R> and donations. I suspect that an appropriate niche for us might be things li= ke<BR> field gear and bird books. This stuff is obviously low on their immediate<BR= > priority list but may mean a lot fairly soon to those who have lost it all.=20= Unlike<BR> the federal agencies who were supposed to have a plan for this predictable<B= R> disaster, I don't have a blueprint we can follow in terms of what we can do=20= with<BR> LABIRD resources ... I'm basically thinking "out loud," so feedback welcomed= .<BR> I have already heard from Mike Busam of the Ohio Ornithological Society in<B= R> terms of wondering how they can help. Perhaps those of you with birder conta= cts<BR> in other states can get those states to at least start thinking about a simi= lar<BR> effort. I know that our great neighbors in Texas and Arkansas have especiall= y<BR> big hearts. It is unlikely that New Orleans area folks will have a clear ide= a<BR> of their losses soon, but Slidell-Lacombe and coastal MS folks may already<B= R> know where they stand. -- Van Remsen [email protected] LSU Museum of Natural<B= R> Science Foster Hall 119, LSU Baton Rouge, LA 70803</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000= 000" FACE=3D"Geneva" FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" SIZE=3D"2"><BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" FACE=3D"Geneva" FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" SIZE=3D"= 2"></FONT></HTML> --part1_194.4650cc93.304b471b_boundary--
