From bobolnk at ix.netcom.com Wed Dec 3 16:16:07 2008 From: bobolnk at ix.netcom.com (bobolnk@ix.netcom.com) Date: Wed Dec 3 16:16:38 2008 Subject: [BCNnet] Invitation - Bartel Grassland open house Message-ID: <31626113.1228342568161.JavaMail.root@mswamui-swiss.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Informational Open House Habitat Restoration at Bartel Grassland Saturday December 6, 2-4 pm Olde St. Paul?s Church, 6200 Vollmer Road, Matteson Rare nature will soon be doing a little better in the south suburbs. The successful prairie and wetland restoration at Bartel Grassland Forest Preserve (south of Flossmoor between Central and Ridgeland) will cross the road this winter. The new areas to benefit, north of Flossmoor and east of Central, also were originally prairie and wetland, then farmland, and were temporarily planted to a mix of meadows and trees when the Forest Preserve District took over. It has been used mainly as a model airplane flying field (which is being moved to another location). In the first phase, south of Flossmoor, drainage tiles installed by farmers have been plugged so that natural water flow could return to the land. As a result, wetlands have begun to develop. Not only do the wetlands reduce flooding downstream, but wetland birds such as sandhill cranes, blue-winged teal, greater yellowlegs and other wetland wildlife have begun to use the site again. Invasive trees, brush and weeds were removed and prairie wildflowers and grasses were planted. Prairie birds such as meadowlarks, bobolinks and short-eared owls now use the site in greater numbers. To learn about this effort, the partners invite you to an open house on Saturday, December 6 from 2-4 at the Matteson Historical Society's Old St. Paul?s Church location on the south end of the preserve at 6200 Vollmer Road. Maps and posters will describe the ecology, the goals of restoration, and the results. Partners will be present to answer your questions. The project is a partnership between the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Openlands Project, Audubon and the Bartel Grassland Volunteers. Judy Pollock jpollock@audubon.org From cmarshbird at prodigy.net Wed Dec 3 17:07:27 2008 From: cmarshbird at prodigy.net (Carolyn A. Marsh) Date: Wed Dec 3 17:07:59 2008 Subject: [BCNnet] Chicago NRDC press release on tar sands and boreal birds Message-ID: Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 649 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://screamer.ece.iit.edu/pipermail/bcnnet/attachments/20081203/38c74480/attachment-0001.gif From donniebird at yahoo.com Fri Dec 19 16:52:36 2008 From: donniebird at yahoo.com (Donnie) Date: Fri Dec 19 16:52:49 2008 Subject: [BCNnet] American Bird Conservancy/National Audubon Society Presidential Transition White Paper Message-ID: BCNnet friends, The American Bird Conservancy and the National Audubon Society joined forces in presenting to President-elect Obama's transition team a white paper entitled "ENSURE PROTECTION OF AMERICA'S IMPERILED BIRDS AND HABITAT". I can't recommend it more highly for anyone who cares about bird conservation. Please go to this link: http://home.comcast.net/~geoffrey.williamson/ABC_NAS_pres_trans_white_paper. pdf Donnie Dann Highland Park/Lake County donniebird@yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://screamer.ece.iit.edu/pipermail/bcnnet/attachments/20081219/7c60cb91/attachment.html