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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>BCNnet friends,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Last week I was in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place>
for meetings of the Bird Conservation Alliance and the Pan-American
Roundtable. The agendas for the 2 meetings follow.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>BCA Meeting</span></font></u><font face=Albertus><span
style='font-family:Albertus'> November 9, 2005<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>8:45 - 9: 10 Coffee/Registration <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>9:10- 9:30 Introductions/Welcome/Minutes from last
meeting/BCA Elections<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>9:30 - 10:00 BCA Task Force updates<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>10:00 - 10:20 Avian Flu and wild birds - Scott Newman
DVM, Ph.D. Senior Staff Scientist,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>Wildlife Trust<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>10:20 - 10:50 Endangered Species Act - Michael Bean
Attorney, Chair of the Wildlife Program,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>Environmental Defense<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>10:50 - 11:15 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act
- Doug Ryan, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
FWS Division of Bird<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>Habitat Conservation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>11: 15 - 12:15 Farm Bill - Randall L. Gray National
Wildlife Biologist, NRCS Ecological Sciences Division<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>12:15 - 1:00 Lunch/Discussion of member issues<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>1:00 - 1:20 List of Birds of Conservation Concern and
Focal Species, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Paul Schmidt</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>Assistant Director, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> FWS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>1:20 - 3:00 Human Hazards to Birds panel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=4 face=Albertus><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Albertus'>Communication</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
face=Albertus><span style='font-family:Albertus'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Towers</st1:PlaceType>
- Joelle Gehring, Ph.D. Department of Biology, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Central</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Michigan</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>Pesticides - <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Michael Fry</st1:PersonName>,
American Bird Conservancy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>Buildings - Heather Ray, Fatal Light Awareness Program
(FLAP)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>Horseshoe Crab, Overfishing & Red Knots - Eric
Stiles, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:place></st1:State>
Audubon<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>Mountain Top Removal - Melinda Welton, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Tennessee</st1:place></st1:State> Ornithological Society<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>3:15 - 4:00 The Ivory-billed Woodpecker Quest - James
Tate Science Advisor to the Secretary, Gale Norton.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>Pan American </span></font></u><font face=Albertus><span
style='font-family:Albertus'>Roundtable November 10, 2005<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>8:45-9:15 Coffee/Registration<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>9:15- 9:30 Introductions/Welcome/Housekeeping remarks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>9:30 - 10:30 Migratory Bird Issue Panel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>Marina Sansostri Ratchford-USFWS - Western Hemisphere
Migratory Species Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=4 face=Albertus><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Albertus'>Paul Schmidt</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
face=Albertus><span style='font-family:Albertus'> - NABCI Trinational Committee<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>Dave Mehlman - Wintering Cerulean and Golden-winged
Warbler conservation efforts and initiatives<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>Ian Davidson - Conserving Neotropical Migrants in the
Tropical <st1:place w:st="on">Andes</st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>10:30 11:45 BCA International Project Mexican Grasslands
Appeal - Special presentation by Pronatura Noreste<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>11:45 - 12:00 Mindo Cloud <st1:place w:st="on">Forest</st1:place>
- Special presentation by Brian Douglas Krohnke<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>12:00 - 1:00 lunch<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>1:00 - 1:30 AZE - Michael Parr, American Bird Conservancy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>1:30 - 3:30 Central/South America - panel – Action
for birds in Latin America A panel of Latin America's leading bird
conservationist's present progress on action for birds: Moderator - <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Hugo Arnal</st1:PersonName>, American Bird Conservancy Tino Aucca
Executive Director, ECOAN, Peru Sara Lara Executive Director, Fundaci6n
ProAves, Colombia Javier Robayo Southern Reserves Manager, Fundacion Jocotoco,
Ecuador Fito Steiner Executive Director, Fundaci6n Pico Bonito, Honduras Juan
Esteban Martinez-Gomez Executive Director, Endemicos Insulares, A. C.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'>3:30 - 4:00 Adjourn<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Albertus><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Albertus'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>If any of you has an interest in any particular area please let me know
and I can provide additional detail. Meanwhile I will expand on a few key
issues that wee covered at the meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>TESRA<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Michael Bean of Environmental Defense described the recently passed
House Bill, Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act, TESRA, sponsored
primarily by Congressman Richard Pombo. A complaint commonly voiced over
the current ESA is that very few species have been removed from listing.
However, Bean pointed out that there has never been adequate funding to allow
for complete recovery. For example, the recovery plan for the Atwater
Greater Prairie Chicken has been funded at 10% of the recommended amount.
Meanwhile more than 99% of listed species have been saved from extinction.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Here are just a few of the problems of the new bill, which will:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:
none'><![if !supportLists]><font size=4 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Allow the property owner to be
compensated for alleged losses as well as lost profits for any
‘taking’.
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;
text-autospace:none'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Eliminate the government's ability to designate a
creature's "critical habitat".</span></font><font size=3><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;
text-autospace:none'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Suspend pesticide reviews</span></font><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;
text-autospace:none'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Mandate complex new ‘science
requirements’ to enable listing</span></font><font size=3><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;
text-autospace:none'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Include new economic and national security
aspects of listing</span></font><font size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;
text-autospace:none'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Enable a developer to proceed with a project if an
Endangered Species determination cannot be made within 180 days, thus
allowing project approval by default.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>If you believe this legislation is harmful to BCN’s
mission please contact your <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>
Senator, Dick Durbin at (202) 224-2152 and Barack Obama at (202) 224-2854 and
express your opinion. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Avian
Flu<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Scott Newman, DVM, of the Wildlife Trust spoke on the
very topical issue, avian flu. For more detail on this go to the ABC
website for its policy statement, <a href="http://abcbirds.org/flu.htm">http://abcbirds.org/flu.htm</a>
or <a href="http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/OC/birdflu.html"
title="http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/OC/birdflu.html">http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/OC/birdflu.html</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Bird Pac<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>A new political organization, Bird Pac has been formed
to help elect candidates that will support wild birds and the habitats they
need to survive. This is the first time a birding organization has been
organized specifically to provide political muscle for the millions of
Americans who care about birds and bird habitats. See <a
href="http://www.birdpac.org/">www.birdpac.org</a> for more details. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Horseshoe
crab ban<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Because of the plummeting decline of Red Knot
populations ABC and other birding and conservation groups have brought heavy
pressure to severely limit or stop the harvest of horseshoe crabs in and around
<st1:place w:st="on">Delaware Bay</st1:place>. As a result the states of <st1:State
w:st="on">Delaware</st1:State> and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New
Jersey</st1:place></st1:State> have proposed a 2-year ban on any harvest of horseshoe
crabs in state waters. A final decision will be made after a public
comment period. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Mexican <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Saltillo</st1:City></st1:place> Grasslands<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>This project was selected as the single international
bird conservation issue for which all members of the Bird Conservation Alliance
will be able to engage in fundraising efforts. By focusing BCA member
fundraising potential on a single project the hope is to achieve vital bird
conservation goals in one year. <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Saltillo</st1:place></st1:City>
is a 7,000 acre grassland/prairie dog colony that is the wintering ground for
50% of the world’s population of Long-billed Curlew, sizable numbers of
the critically endangered Mountain Plover, the endemic Worthen’s Sparrow,
and a variety of other bird species. The American Birding Association immediately
contributed $5,000 to this effort. For more information visit <a
href="http://www.birdconservationalliance.org/saltillo">www.birdconservationalliance.org/saltillo</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>These meetings cover the gamut of key bird
conservation matters nationwide and if your schedule allows, I urge your
attendance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Donnie <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Donnie Dann <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>President, on behalf of the Executive Committee<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Bird Conservation Network<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>847-266-2222 (O) 847-997-1011 (M)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><a href="mailto:donniebird@yahoo.com">donniebird@yahoo.com</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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