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The trick is that MOU, Audubon Minnesota, and a host of local organizations each think they're the one who should take the lead on issues like this, they each work apart, and individuals get snooty and stop working together because each wants to be the leader or they'll take their toys home. Minnesota birders can't even work together with a single listserv! In this particular case, there were plenty of information postings and warnings before the logging took place, and there was a well-publicized series of meetings in Meadowlands about protecting the bog and promoting it for birding as Sparky mentioned. If the Conservation Committee wasn't aware of this, it wasn't for lack of well-publicized information. I suspect that some people shied away from the issue because they were willing to accept the DNR's claim that trees must be cut down to protect them from the very insects that feed Black-backed Woodpeckers. Laura Erickson, Duluth On 3/9/07, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > It would seem obvious that if we are to work together our Conservation > Committee should take the lead. However, they cannot lead if local birders > (those in areas about to be affected) do not keep them informed. > > Bob Holtz > > > If you are too busy to go birding, you are too busy. > > > > ------------------------------ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > from AOL at *AOL.com* <http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000339>. > -- Laura Erickson There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson ------=_Part_3277_28497496.1173472181751 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline The trick is that MOU, Audubon Minnesota, and a host of local organizations each think they're the one who should take the lead on issues like this, they each work apart, and individuals get snooty and stop working together because each wants to be the leader or they'll take their toys home. Minnesota birders can't even work together with a single listserv! In this particular case, there were plenty of information postings and warnings before the logging took place, and there was a well-publicized series of meetings in Meadowlands about protecting the bog and promoting it for birding as Sparky mentioned. If the Conservation Committee wasn't aware of this, it wasn't for lack of well-publicized information. I suspect that some people shied away from the issue because they were willing to accept the DNR's claim that trees must be cut down to protect them from the very insects that feed Black-backed Woodpeckers.<br><span class="sg"> <br>Laura Erickson, Duluth</span><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/9/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a></b> <<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected] </a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div>It would seem obvious that if we are to work together our Conservation Committee should take the lead. However, they cannot lead if local birders (those in areas about to be affected) do not keep them informed.</div> <div> </div> <div>Bob Holtz</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" lang="0" size="2">If you are too busy to go birding, you are too busy.</font></div><br><br><br><div><font style="color: black; font-family: ARIAL,SAN-SERIF; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> <hr style="margin-top: 10px;">AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at <a title="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000339"; href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000339"; target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> <b>AOL.com</b></a>. </font></div></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Laura Erickson<br><br><br><br>There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. <br><br> --Rachel Carson ------=_Part_3277_28497496.1173472181751--
