I just saw this on the Minnesota Birding Facebook page:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/235477151/Bird-Safe-Stadium-Resolution
This is great! But we do need to make sure the mayor & city council
know our concerns & demands.
Susan
Susan Gilmore
http://www.susangilmorephoto.com/
763-545-4608
mobil 612-382-1171
On Jul 30, 2014, at 4:53 PM, Rebecca Field wrote:
The group that does the collecting of dead birds downtown is Audubon
Minnesota. The City Council may get involved in a bird-friendly way.
Stay tuned, but write and/or call the Governor and/or Mayor and keep
the petition going. National Audubon has 40,000 signatures so far
and wants to reach 65,000 (the number of seats in the stadium).
Rebecca
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On 30 juil. 2014, at 04:11 PM, Dave McIntosh
<[email protected]> wrote:
There is an organization that collects and catalogs the birds that
succumb to building strikes in downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Is there some way to get their cooperation and perhaps take a
photograph of the assembled carcasses they have collected and might
have kept? I don't know who they are, but I know the carcasses end
up at the University.
A photo, gruesomely filled with colorful warblers, stately
thrushes, and plump snipes and woodcock, all dead, tells the story
more impactfully than words. I know this method has had some
success in other cities. If you google this issue, you can find
such photos that have made papers in other cities.
I would be happy to follow up if the names might be made
available. I don't know how long the carcasses are held.
Dave McIntosh
612.766.4107 direct
612.339.0901 main
www.mcintoshemboss.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Susan Gilmore
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 3:32 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [mou-net] Vikings stadium rejects bird-friendly glass
I see how this works but how can we get our Politicians and the
Vikings to see this?
Susan Gilmore
http://www.susangilmorephoto.com/
763-545-4608
mobil 612-382-1171
On Jul 30, 2014, at 3:27 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Why not create a digital petition?
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/create_h.html
----- Original Message -----From: Uwe Kausch
<[email protected]
To: [email protected]: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:50:39 -0000
(UTC)Subject: Re: [mou-net] Vikings stadium rejects bird-friendly
glass
I just wrote Governor Dayton...it might help if others jumped in as
well. Here is the link.
http://mn.gov/governor/contact-us/form/
From: Susan Gilmore [mailto:[email protected]]Sent: Wednesday,
July
30, 2014 2:38 PMTo: Uwe KauschCc: [email protected]:
Re: [mou-net] Vikings stadium rejects bird-friendly glass
Excellent! Thank you!
I hope many people can also send messages.
Susan
Susan Gilmorehttp://www.susangilmorephoto.com/763-545-4608mobil
612-382-1171
On Jul 30, 2014, at 2:11 PM, Uwe Kausch wrote:
Here is a list of the Vikings Owners. Zygi Wilf is the chief. The
guy in charge of the stadium is Lester Bagley. I would HIGHLY
suggest Audubon Minnesota or even better, National Audubon and
perhaps several other agencies (Nature Conservancy, Isaac Walton
League, etc.) write a letter or try to contact them directly. If
then they can get the media involved, I would bet that it might push
them over the edge to do something. I would even try contacting
Governor Dayton's office, since he is a big proponent of the
stadium. The last thing either the Vikes or Politicians will want is
photos circulating after the stadium is complete, of birds lying
dead around their new stadium.
Here is their web site: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]
NAME TITLEOWNERSZygi Wilf Owner/ChairmanMark Wilf Owner/
PresidentLeonard Wilf Owner/Vice ChairmanReggie Fowler Vikings
Ownership PartnerAlan Landis Vikings Ownership PartnerDavid
Mandelbaum Vikings Ownership PartnerEXECUTIVE STAFFLester Bagley
Vice President of Public Affairs/Stadium Development
Good Luck!
Uwe KauschDuluth-----Original Message-----From: Minnesota Birds
[mailto:[email protected]
] On Behalf Of Susan GilmoreSent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 12:59
PMTo: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>Subject:
Re: [mou-net] Vikings stadium rejects bird-friendly glass
Stephen & MOU List:
There has been a lot in the paper lately about the Vikings Stadium
and their bad choice of glass making the windows a deadly hazard for
birds. I have sent information to friends to sign the Audubon
petition, put information on my Facebook page and written on the
Vikings Stadium Facebook page.
I would love to do more to pressure the right people. Is there a
good email or site to write to the Mayor and the Governor? How about
the Vikings owners? Should the MOU group do something as a group?
Thank you.
Susan Gilmore
On Jul 23, 2014, at 9:22 PM, Stephen Greenfield wrote:
The design for the new Vikings stadium includes massive windows
facingtowards the river. National Audubon and other groups had
requestedthat they use glass that greatly reduces bird collisions,
but lastweek the Vikings and the Minnesota Sports Facilities
Authority (MSFA)rejected the recommendation. Though they have the
right to choose thisdesign, it seems irresponsible to ignore
available materials that willreduce the impact on wildlife.
The following link makes it easy to send an e-mail to the owners
torequest or demand that they change course. (I'll also try to
findmailing addresses so the mayor and governor can be copied.)
https://secure.audubon.org/site/Advocacy?page=UserAction<https://secure.audubon.org/site/Advocacy?page=UserAction&id=1717
&id=1717
Thanks,
Steve
Stephen Greenfield
Minneapolis
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