The May meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club will be on Monday, May 9 at 7:30 pm at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Cookies and conversation begins at 7:15 pm. This month, Rick Manning will share thoughts and plans being discussed by the city of Ithaca for making Stewart Park a bird- and birder-friendly destination. In addition, Josephine Martell will talk about ideas being considered to manage the Canada geese that frequent the park. Rick Manning is the Executive Director & Founder of the Friends of Stewart Park and the Coordinator & Founder of the Cayuga Waterfront Trail Initiative. Rick is a Professional Landscape Architect in New York State and his practice during the past fifteen years has focused on planning and design of park and trail projects for a range of public clients throughout New York. In recent years his work has increasingly focused on Ithaca’s waterfront - completing the Cayuga Waterfront Trail and the revitalization of Stewart Park. Josephine Martell serves as a Councilwoman in the City of Ithaca in the fifth ward, which includes Fall Creek and Cornell Heights. She has worked in the animal welfare and conservation fields for nearly fifteen years doing public policy and communications work. She is currently the city’s point person for management of the Canada goose population at Stewart Park. Josephine holds a MS in public policy from the Center for Animals and Public Policy at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University and is pursuing doctoral research at Cornell University examining how message framing and word choice impact long term species conservation and management. There is no speaker dinner this month. Colleen Richards Correspondence Secretary Cayuga Bird Club ____________________________________________________________ Health & Fitness Weirdest Trick Erases Yellow Teeth Stains In 3 Minutes http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/572e906e1777d106d28a7st04duc --
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