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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Action
alert<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Lincoln Park</span></font></b></st1:City></st1:place><b><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'> and other bird
sanctuaries threatened by Olympics 2016<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> The <b><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Chicago Audubon Society</span></font></b>
opposes construction of Olympic facilities on or near any lakefront sites; in
particular, we oppose any facilities being constructed at Bill Jarvis </span><span
class=apple-style-span>Migratory Bird Sanctuary and <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Montrose</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Harbor</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Lincoln Park</st1:City></st1:place>.</span> The <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">shore</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lake Michigan</st1:PlaceName>,
including <st1:City w:st="on">Lincoln Park</st1:City>, is designated the
“Chicago Lakefront Important Bird Area” by the National Audubon
Society, and the City of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place>
acknowledges the significance of the description. More than three-fourths of
all bird species seen in <st1:State w:st="on">Illinois</st1:State> have passed
through or paused to rest and feed along the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place> lakefront.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> The Chicago
Olympics 2016 is proposing the construction of a $25.8 million tennis complex
just 100 feet from the Bill Jarvis Migratory Bird Sanctuary fence. The tennis
complex would include a stadium, viewing areas and approximately 15 practice
courts. The development, construction activities, increased human presence, stadium
lights and glass associated with the tennis complex pose potential short and
long-term hazards to birds before, during and following the Olympics.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> Construction of
a tennis complex as described above would be counter-intuitive to any claims of
commitment to protection of the existing environment. The Chicago Audubon
Society, a City of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago Bird Agenda</st1:City></st1:place>
partner, along with many other organizations, has not been given the
opportunity to adequately evaluate the Chicago 2016 environmental impact assessments
for the games.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3 color=blue
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;font-weight:
bold'> Chicago Audubon Society</span></font></b> <span
class=apple-style-span>believes that construction of the tennis complex or any
other such facility in an Audubon Important Bird Area would be harmful to the
existing environment and counter-intuitive to the protection of birds and their
habitat. Other viable options situated away from the lakefront and away from <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Lincoln Park</st1:City></st1:place> should be
investigated by Chicago Olympics 2016. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Please contact Mayor Daley’s office and
request that the proposed tennis complex be moved to protect lakefront bird
sanctuaries. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold'>E-mail Sarah Beazley at <a
href="mailto:sbeazley@cityofchicago.org."><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>sbeazley@cityofchicago.org.</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;border:none;padding:0in'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>“Lake
Michigan’s shoreline is acknowledged as one of the most important flyways
for migrant songbirds in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United
States</st1:country-region></st1:place> by ornithologists and bird watchers
worldwide. In all, more than 300 species of birds have been recorded in the
Chicagoland area since 1970.” <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Lake
Michigan Flyway: Chicagoland’s Role in the Miracle of Bird Migration</span></i>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>– A Green Paper </span></i>by the Bird
Conservation Network<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold'>For more information, please contact <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place> Audubon Society, <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Joe Lill</st1:PersonName>, at <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold'><a href="mailto:TrptJoe@aol.com"><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>TrptJoe@aol.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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